Herculanus of Perugia
6th century Bishop of Perugia
Feast: 7 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Herculanus of Perugia (Italian: Ercolano; died 549 AD) was a bishop of Perugia. He was canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church and is recognised as patron saint of Perugia. His main feast day is November 7; his second feast is celebrated on March 1. According to Pope Gregory the Great in his Dialogues, Herculanus suffered martyrdom when Totila, king of the Ostrogoths, captured Perugia in 549.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Butler's Lives of the Saints - St Herculanus of Perugia, 7 November — Butler's calendar has "Herculanus of Perugia November"; bishop of Perugia killed by the Goths about 549, feast 7 November.
- Wikidata Q980830 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Herculanus of Perugia (CC BY-SA)
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