Florentius (African saint)

Saint Florentius (Italian: Fiorenzo) was a North African bishop during the latter Roman Empire, venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.[1] He is known to history from hagiographies and the Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Africae Bishop Florients[2] He was Bishop of Simminensis, 30 km east of Carthage in Roman North Africa. He suffered the persecution at the hand of the Arian, Vandal king Huneric for his role in the Council of Carthage of 484 where he supported, the Catholic position rejecting Arianism. He was Exiled to Corsica and forced to hard labor, there continued his apostolic work until his death.[3] Also according to tradition, he was initially buried in the town that bears his name, San Fiorenzo. In 760 the bishop of Treviso, Titian, through a vision, discovered his relics and transferred them to his city, placing them in the church of St. John the Baptist.[4] Currently his remains are on display to the public worship in the Cathedral of Treviso.[5]

  1. ^ Fiorenzo di Semina, in Santi, beati e testimoni Enciclopedia dei santi, santiebeati.it
  2. ^ Giovan Domenico Mansi, Philippe Labbe, Jean Baptiste Martin, Gabriel Cossart, Louis Petit, E. Baluze, Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, cujus Johannes Dominicus Mansi et post ipsius mortem Florentius et Venetianus editores ab anno 1758 ad annum 1798 priores triginta unum tomos ediderunt, nunc autem continuatat et absoluta, Volume 31, Part 1 (expensis H. Welter, 1906) p1158[.
  3. ^ Charles-Louis Richard, Jean Joseph Giraud, Biblioteca Sacra ovvero Dizionario universale delle Scienze Ecclesiastiche, vol XVII, (Milan, editore Ranieri Fanfani), p. 422.
  4. ^ Parrocchia di S. Vendemiale Vescovo - S. Vendemiano, Comune di San Vendemiano.
  5. ^ Parrocchia di S. Vendemiale Vescovo - S. Vendemiano, Comune di San Vendemiano.