Prosdocimus

St. Prosdocimus by Andrea Mantegna , 1453/54 ( Pinacoteca di Brera )

According to legend, Prosdocimus († allegedly around 100 in Padua ) was the first bishop of Padua .

According to the legendary Vita from the 12th century, he was of Greek origin - the name Prosdokimos also suggests this - and was sent on a mission to Italy by Peter of Antioch at the age of 20 . Tradition sees him in close connection with the work of St. Mark , who is said to have been active in Aquileia , and Apollinaris , the legendary first bishop of Ravenna ; Prosdocimus had evangelized as far as western Veneto . The earliest written mention of Prosdocimus comes from around the 6th century in the form of an inscription on a relief in the church of Santa Giustina in Padua, which identifies him as a bishop and confessor. A document from 860 mentions his cult for the first time. The saint's feast day is November 7th .

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  The sanctuary of Prosdocimus in Padua

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  St. Prosdocimus. Relief in S. Giustina at Padua, ravennatic around 500 AD.

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  The grave

literature

• Ekkart Sauser :  Prosdokimos. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 7, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-048-4 , Sp. 999-1000.

Web links

Commons : Prosdocimus  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Prosdocimus, S. In: Johann Evangelist Stadler , Franz Josef Heim, JN Ginal (Ed.): Complete Lexicon of Saints , Volume 4. Augsburg 1875, p. 996. - At Zeno.org .