Adheritus

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Saint Adheritus
Bishop of Ravenna
Born Greece
Died Ravenna, Italy
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church,
Eastern Orthodox Church
Major shrine Basilica of Classe
Feast 27 September

Adheritus was Bishop of Ravenna during the 2nd-century and successor to Saint Apollinaris, the first bishop of Ravenna. He was of Greek origin and was a follower of Apollinaris [1] Adheritus died on 27 September at the port of Classe, and his remains are venerated in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe near Ravenna, Italy [2] [3]

Notes

  1. "St. Adheritus". Catholic Online. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  2. Agnellus of Ravenna; Deliyannis, Deborah Mauskopf (2004). The Book of Pontiffs of the Church of Ravenna (Medieval Texts in Translation). Catholic University of America Press. pp. 104–105. ISBN   978-0-8132-1358-3. JSTOR   j.ctt284wdr.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. Holweck, Frederick George (1924). A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints: With a General Introduction on Hagiology. B. Herder. p. 17.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)


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