Name
Cetheus or Peregrinus, bishop of Pescara, martyred by Lombards. c. 590-591)
Saint ID
S01553
Number in BH
BHL 1730-1731
Reported Death Not Before
590
Reported Death Not After
610
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Bishops
| ID | Title | E03222 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Cetheus (bishop of Pescara, martyred by Lombards, c. 590/591, S01553) narrates the flight from Pescara to Rome of its bishop, Cetheus, when attacked by Lombards; the Lombards’ repentance and journey to Rome, where they pray at the tomb of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), all at the time of *Gregory 'the Great' (bishop of Rome, ob. 604, S00838); Cetheus is restored to his see; but later arrested, accused of taking part in an attack against the city; he is killed by being thrown into the river Piscaria bound to a stone; the miraculous journey of his body across the Adriatic sea to the civitas Iaternensis (Zadar, Croatia), where it is buried; a miracle at his tomb and the translation of Cetheus’ body to the ninth milestone from the city; because his name is unknown there, he is called Peregrinus ('foreigner'). Written presumably in Pescara, perhaps in the first half of the 7th c. |
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