Gaudiosus of Naples

Summary

Gaudiosus of Naples or Gaudiosus the African (Latin: Sanctus Gaudiosus Africanus) was a bishop of Abitina, a village near Carthage in present-day western Tunisia, in the Roman Africa Province.

Saint

Gaudiosus of Naples
Died~455 AD
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast27 October

Born Septimius Celius Gaudiosus, he fled North Africa during the persecutions of Genseric, king of the Vandals, in a leaky boat and arrived at Naples with other exiled churchmen, including the bishop of Carthage, who was named Quodvultdeus. Arriving around 439 AD, he established himself on the acropolis of Naples.

The introduction of the Augustinian Rule into Naples is attributed to him as well as the introduction of some relics, including those of Restituta.[1][2]

Gaudiosus' relics were later buried in the Catacombs of San Gennaro in the 6th century.[1][2] One of the cemeteries of these catacombs, San Gaudioso, refers to Gaudiosus.

References edit

  1. ^ a b napoli.com - Around Naples
  2. ^ a b San Gaudioso di Abitine

External links edit

  • The Official Site of the Catacombs of Naples
  • Gaudiosus of Naples
  • (in Italian) San Gaudioso di Abitine