Faustinus of Brescia

This article is about the 4th-century saint. For other saints with this name, see Saint Faustinus (disambiguation).
Saint

Faustinus of Brescia
Bishop of Brescia
Born4th century
Died15 February 381
Feast15 February
16 February: Orthodox Church[1]

Faustinus (died about 15 February 381 A.D.) was bishop of Brescia from c. 360, succeeding Ursicinus.[2] His feast day in the Roman Catholic Church is 15 February: 16 February in the Orthodox Church.

Tradition claims that he was a descendant of Faustinus and Jovita, and that he compiled the Acts of these two martyrs.[3] His relics were discovered in 1101.[4]

Faustinus appeared in the old Roman Martyrology for February 15: "At Brescia, [in the year 350], the holy Confessor Faustinus, Bishop of that see."[5] He is no longer listed in the 2004 revision.[6] This may be because of some doubt that the person existed, or because their cult was never approved.

  1. ^ "Faustinus", Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome
  2. ^ Grignon, Robert Scarlett. "Faustinus (6)", A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines Eaba-Hermocrates. United States, Little, Brown, 1880. p. 464
  3. ^ Monks of Ramsgate. "Faustinus". Book of Saints 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 26 February 2013 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Holweck, Frederick George. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints: With a General Introduction on Hagiology. United Kingdom, B. Herder Book Company, 1924, p. 364
  5. ^ The Roman Breviary Reformed by Order of the Holy Oecumenical Council of Trent United Kingdom, Blackwood, 1908. p. 753
  6. ^ Watkins, Basil. The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary India, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015, np,