Castritian
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Castritian (, ) was Bishop of Milan in mid 3rd-century. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is on December 1.
Key facts
- Christian leader.name
- Castritian
- Christian leader.term
- mid 3rd-century
- Christian leader.feast_day
- 1 December
- Christian leader.venerated
- Catholic Church
- Christian leader.image
- A4 Castriziano 47m.JPG
- Christian leader.church
- Catholic Church
- Christian leader.archbishop_of
- Bishop of Milan
- Christian leader.predecessor
- Caius
- Christian leader.successor
- Calimerius
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of death
- Milan
- Occupation
- Catholic priest
- Position held
- archbishop
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- A4 Castriziano 47m.JPG
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- date of birth
- 0300-01-01
- date of death
- 0300-01-01
- time period
- Roman Empire
- canonization status
- saint
- feast day
- December 1
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Encyclopedic overview
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Castritian (, ) was Bishop of Milan in mid 3rd-century. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is on December 1.
==Life== Almost nothing is known about the life and the episcopate of Castritian, except that he was bishop of Milan in mid 3rd-century, and that his corpse was allegedly buried in a cemetery in the area of Porta Romana, not far from the present Basilica of Saint Calimerius. His relics were later translated into the church of San Giovanni in Conca, which was demolished between the 19th and 20th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Castritian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.