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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Faustinus, martyr of Brescia

Saint ID

S01845

Number in BH

2837

Reported Death Not Before

115

Reported Death Not After

125

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E04595Gregory the Great, in his Dialogues (4.54-56), describes how the bodies of sinners buried in churches dedicated to *Faustinus (martyr of Brescia, S01845) in Brescia (northern Italy), *Syrus (bishop and martyr of Genoa, S01846) in Genoa (northern Italy), and *Ianuarius (deacon and martyr of Rome, S00204) in Rome, are miraculously ejected from the churches. Written in Latin in Rome, c. 593.