Saint Castulus | |
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Martyr | |
Died | 286 AD Rome |
Venerated in | Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church |
Feast | Catholic Church: March 26; March 27 (Freising, Munich). Eastern Orthodox Church: December 18[1] |
Attributes | spade. |
Patronage | Shepherds; invoked against erysipelas, lightning, horse theft, wildfires, drowning, cowherds[2] |
Castulus (died 286) is venerated as a martyr and saint. According to tradition, he was the chamberlain (or officer, valet) of Emperor Diocletian and the husband of Irene of Rome.[2]