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Fortunato di Lecce
SaintDate unknown
Feast: 26 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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Died
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Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Fortunatus is venerated as a saint, bishop and martyr by the Catholic Church. He was the nephew of Saint Orontius and, together with Saint Justus, is patron of the city of Lecce, of which, according to tradition, he was the second bishop.
Summary translated from the Italian Wikipedia article Fortunato di Lecce (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Agenzia SIR (Italian bishops' conference news agency) — Lecce, Undena for Ss. Oronzo, Giusto and Fortunato, patrons of the city — The archdiocese of Lecce keeps the patronal feast of Ss. Oronzo, Giusto e Fortunato with a nine-day Undena from 15 August, the feast falling 24-26 August; Fortunatus, nephew of Orontius, is the second bishop of Lecce by
- Wikidata Q3748852 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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.