Agrippinus of Naples
Agrippinus (St.) was a bishop of Naples .
The old registers of the bishops of Naples list Agrippinus as the sixth bishop of the diocese; after that he was in office at the beginning of the 3rd century. He was buried in the catacombs of the Church of San Gennaro in Naples, Italy; The bones came to Santa Stefania in the middle of the 9th century. Some traditions tell of miracles that Agrippinus performed and that justified his great veneration in the Naples region.
His festival is November 9th.
literature
- Ekkart Sauser: Agrippinus of Naples. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 22, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-133-2 , column 4.
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SURNAME | Agrippinus of Naples |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Agrippinus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Naples |
DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century |
DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century |