Accolito di Parenzo

Who they were

Projectus and Accolitus (Proietto e Accolito) were two young Christians martyred for their faith at Parenzo (Poreč), in Istria, at an uncertain date in the 4th century. Their relics were translated into Parenzo Cathedral in 1277 and rediscovered and reconsecrated in 1361 by Bishop Giacomo Scordello, after the people credited their intercession with relief from the plague.

Over the centuries the relics were examined several times, and in 1729 their identity - long confused with a bishop of Clermont of the same name and with other martyrs of the Auvergne - was finally clarified. Their feast is kept on 25 January.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.

Why that counted as sanctity

Martyred at Parenzo (Istria) in the 4th century together with Saint Projectus; their relics were enshrined in Parenzo Cathedral; feast 25 January.