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Revision as of 20:19, 1 July 2008
Saint Fortunatus of Casei | |
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| Martyr | |
| Born | possibly Africa |
| Died | 286 AD Agaunum, Switzerland |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Major shrine | Casei Gerola |
| Feast | October 16 (and third Sunday in October) |
| Attributes | Military attire |
| Patronage | Pantelleria |
Saint Fortunatus of Casei is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. Tradition makes him a member of the Theban Legion, and thus martyred at Agaunum.[1] However, his relics were situated in the catacombs of Saint Callixtus 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.[2] It is unclear how the relics of Fortunatus reached Rome from the saint’s supposed place of death in the Swiss Alps.[3]
From Santa Maria in Via Lata, Fortunatus’ relics were translated to Casei Gerola in 1765, as a gift to the church there from the Holy See.[4] Casei Gerola, in the province of Pavia, was an important village of the diocese of Tortona, which had close ties to the papacy.[5] His relics were kept in an urn; Fortunatus’ skull was crushed, indicating the cause of death to be a fatal blow to the head.[6]