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Aspren
Bishop of Naples
SaintAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 3 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
100
Died
200
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Aspren or Asprenas (Italian: Sant'Asprenato, Sant'Aspreno, Sant'Aspremo) was a 1st-century Christian saint and venerated as the first Bishop of Naples.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Santi, beati e testimoni — Sant'Aspreno di Napoli — Sant'Aspreno di Napoli — Vescovo — feast 3 agosto
- Wikidata Q737911 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Aspren (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.