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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Probus, Bishop of Ravenna, ob. c. 175

Saint ID

S02147

Number in BH

BHL 6945-6946

Reported Death Not Before

160

Reported Death Not After

190

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E05792Agnellus of Ravenna, in his Liber Pontificalis Ecclesiae Ravennatis, written in Latin, refers to a basilica dedicated to *Probus (bishop of Ravenna, ob. c. 175, S02147) in Classe (near Ravenna, northern Italy), in in which he says bishops of Ravenna were buried between the 1st c. and the 6th. Agnellus describes its location in relation to the nearby churches dedicated to *Apollinaris (bishop and martyr of Ravenna, S00331) and *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017). Account written in Ravenna in 830/846.