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Saint Emidio

Saint

Feast Day

5-Aug

Born

c.272 in Trier, Germany

Died

c.303 beheaded at Ascoli Piceno, Italy

Biography

Saint Emidio, known in Latin as Emygdius, was the first bishop of Ascoli Piceno and a martyr of the early Church. He is venerated throughout Italy and beyond as the patron saint invoked against earthquakes, a devotion that has endured for over three centuries.


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