Adheritus

Saint Adheritus
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

Last updated November 03, 2025

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

↑ "St. Adheritus". Catholic Online. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
↑ 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.
↑ Holweck, Frederick George (1924). A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints: With a General Introduction on Hagiology. B. Herder. p. 17.

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[1] "St. Adheritus". Catholic Online. Retrieved 2023-11-03.

[Agnellus-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.

[3] Holweck, Frederick George (1924). A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints: With a General Introduction on Hagiology. B. Herder. p. 17.

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