Misplaced Pages

Gerontius of Cervia

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Italian bishop and saint
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Gerontius of Cervia" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Gerontius of Cervia (Gerontius of Ficocle) (died 501 AD) was an Italian bishop of Cervia who is venerated as a saint.

Life

The first known Bishop of Cervia is Gerontius. He was returning with Viticanus, Bishop of Cagli, from the Roman council held in 501 to treat accusations made against Pope Symmachus, when he was assaulted and killed by bandits on the Via Flaminia at Cagli, near Ancona. (The legend says "heretics", perhaps Goths, or more probably Heruli, of the army of Odoacer.) His remains are venerated at Cagli.

He was venerated as a martyr. His feast day is May 9. His emblem in art is a goose.

References

  1. Cappelletti II, pp. 558-559. Lanzoni, pp. 713-714.
  2. Benigni, Umberto. "Cervia." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. Retrieved: 9 March 2014.
  3. Daniel Papenbroch, Acta Sanctorum Maii Tomus secundus (Antwerp 1738), pp. 461-464.
  4. Odden, Per Einar. "Den hellige Gerontius av Cervia ( -502)", Den katolske kirke

Sources

Portals:


Stub icon

This article about an Italian saint is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about an Italian Catholic bishop or archbishop is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: