Faustinus of Brescia

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

This article is about the 4th-century saint. For other saints with this name, see Saint Faustinus (disambiguation).
Faustinus of Brescia
Bishop of Brescia
Born4th century
Died15 February 381
Feast15 February
16 February: Orthodox Church[1]

Tradition claims that he was a descendant of Saints 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.

Works
  • De Trinitate sive de Fide contra Arianos. Ad Gallam Placidiam
  • In Codicem Canonum et Constitutorum Eccleasiae Romanae Recepta
  • Vita Operaque de Faustino
  • (with presbyter Marcellinus) Adversus Damasum Libellus Precum Ad Imperatores Valentinianum, Theodosium et Arcadium

References
  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,


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