Fortunatus of Casei
Member of the Theban Legion
Feast: 16 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Fortunatus of Casei (Italian: San Fortunato di Casei) is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. Tradition makes him a member of the Theban Legion, and thus martyred at Agaunum. However, his relics were situated in the catacombs of Pope Callixtus I in Rome until 1746, when Cardinal Guadagni, Roman vicar to Benedict XIV, re-exhumed and displayed Fortunatus’ relics in the collegiate church of Santa Maria in Via Lata in Rome. It is unclear how the relics of Fortunatus reached Rome from the saint's supposed place of death in the Swiss Alps.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Callixtus I Saint“However, his relics were situated in the catacombs of Pope Callixtus I in Rome until 1746, when Cardinal Guadagni, Roman vicar to Benedict XIV, re-exhumed and displayed Fortunatus’ relics in the collegiate church of Santa Maria in Via Lata in Rome.” — Wikipedia
- santiebeati.it - San Fortunato di Casei, Martire (16 ottobre) — Soldier of the Theban Legion martyred in 286 at Agaunum; relics given to Casei Gerola in 1765. Date 286 and feast 16 October both match.
- Wikidata Q3748853 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Fortunatus of Casei (CC BY-SA)
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