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Avitus II of Clermont | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Clermont, Venerable | |
| Died | 689 |
| Honored in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Feast | 21 February |
Avitus II of Clermont was the Bishop of Clermont from 676 to 689. [1] He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, with a feast day on 21 February. [1] He is described as "one of the great bishops of [his] age." [2]
Year 151 (CLI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Condianus and Valerius. The denomination 151 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
In addition to Quadratus of Athens, there are several Christian saints with the name Quadratus :
Saint Ursus of Auxerre was Bishop of Auxerre from c. 502 until his repose in 508. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic church, with his feast day being commemorated on 30 July.
Paulinus was an early Christian saint, who, along with a priest, deacon and soldier—all of whose names were forgotten through time—suffered martyrdom in 67.
Saint Bononio or Bononius was a Benedictine abbot, who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, being commemorated with a feast day on 30 August.
Helladius of Auxerre was the bishop of Auxerre for thirty years from 357 until his death. St. Amator was converted to Christianity, ordained a deacon and tonsured by Helladius, which provides the earliest example of ecclesiastical tonsure mentioned in the religious history of France.
Ansurius was a Galician bishop. He became bishop of Orense in 915. In 922, he gave up his post to become a monk at the monastery he helped found, Ribas de Sil. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic church, being commemorated with a feast day on 26 January.
Candida the Elder was a legendary early Christian saint and resident of Naples, Italy, who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, with a feast day on 4 September. She is one of the patron saints of Naples.
Heliodorus was the first bishop of Altinum in the 4th century. He was born in Dalmatia. Like Chromatius, he was a disciple of Valerianus, the bishop of Aquileia.
Jerome of Pavia, also known as Gerolamo, was Bishop of Pavia, from 778 until his death. He is recognised as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church. Jerome's cultus was confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church on 20 December 1888 by Pope Leo XIII. The feast is celebrated on 19 July.
Saint John of Pavia was Bishop of Pavia between 801–813. He is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Eastern Orthodox Church, both give him a feast day on 27 August.
Caius was Bishop of Milan in early 3rd-century. He is considered by the Orthodox tradition the first Bishop of Milan in the 1st century. He is honoured as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church and his feast day is on 27 September.
Benedict of Skalka or Szkalka, born Stojislav in Nitra, Hungarian Kingdom, was a Benedictine monk, now venerated as a saint. He became a hermit and lived an austere life in a cave along the Vah River. Benedict was strangled to death in 1012 by a gang of robbers looking for treasure. He is venerated in Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and the emigrant diasporas in the United States.
John the Good, also known as John Camillus, was Archbishop of Milan from c. 641 to 669. He is honoured as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.
Justin the Confessor was a Christian martyr in the Roman Empire. He is honoured as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church.
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John Angeloptes was the Bishop of Ravenna from 430 to 433 and Metropolitan of Aemilia and Flaminia. He was the successor to St. Ursus of Ravenna. John's epithet of 'Angeloptes' denotes his gift of having had the opportunity to see an angel; more specifically, he was reported to have had an angel help him in conducting the Divine Liturgy. Due to an error in historical transmission, he is often confused with his counterpart John II.