Sossius
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Saint Sossius or Sosius (Italian: Sosso, Sossio or Sosio; 275 – 305 AD) was Deacon of Misenum, an important naval base of the Roman Empire in the Bay of Naples. He was martyred along with Saint Januarius at Pozzuoli during the Diocletian Persecutions. His feast day is September 23, the date, three days after his death, on which his corpse was translated to Misenum.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Miseno
- Place of death
- Pozzuoli
- Occupation
- deacon
- Image
- Maestro di s. severino, s. severinop in trono e santi, 1472 ca., da chiesa ss severino e sossio 07.JPG
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- date of death
- 0305-09-19
- Commons category
- Saint Sossius
- canonization status
- Catholic saint
- time period
- Low Roman Empire
- cause of death
- decapitation
- feast day
- September 23
- date of birth
- 0201-01-01
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- subject has role
- martyr
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Saint Sossius or Sosius (Italian: Sosso, Sossio or Sosio; 275 – 305 AD) was Deacon of Misenum, an important naval base of the Roman Empire in the Bay of Naples. He was martyred along with Saint Januarius at Pozzuoli during the Diocletian Persecutions. His feast day is September 23, the date, three days after his death, on which his corpse was translated to Misenum.
==Legend== The legend conserved in the Atti Bolognesi states that during the Diocletian persecutions, Januarius, bishop of Benevento, escaped from his see and traveled to Pozzuoli "incognito." However, his presence became known to Christians in the area, and Januarius maintained contact with Sossius, who was a deacon of Miseno, as well as the deacon Festus and the lector Desiderius.
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