Germanus of Capua

Germanus and Paschasius meet in the afterlife (upper left), from De balneis Puteolanis by Peter of Eboli (twelfth century)

Germanus (died 541) was the bishop of Capua from 519 or shortly before until his death.[1] He played a major role in bringing to an end the Acacian schism, the first major schism that divided the Christian church between east and west.[2]

After his death, he was venerated as a saint. His feast day is October 30 in the Roman Martyrology.[3]

  1. ^ Marazzi 2000.
  2. ^ Marone 2014.
  3. ^ Watkins 2016, p. 283.