Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Romulus of Genoa

Bishop of Genoa, Italy. San Remo bears his name, and it is known that he died at Matuziano, on the Riviera.

Saint Romulus of Genoa (also Remo; Italian: Romolo, Ligurian: RÅ“mu) was an early Bishop of Genoa, around the time of Saint Syrus.[1] His dates are uncertain: since Jacobus de Voragine[2] traditional lists compiled from local liturgies generally place his bishopric fourth in a largely legendary list.[3] He fled from Genoa and never returned[4] He died in the cave he inhabited at Villa Matutiæ,[5] a town on the Italian Riviera which later adopted his name, becoming “San Remo” (from 15th century until the first half of the 20th century), and then later Sanremo.[6]

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