Blessed Fortunatus of Naples

Also known as

• Fortunato of Naples

Memorial

• 14 June

Profile

Bishop of Naples, Italy in the mid-4th-century. Fought to keep Arianism out of his diocese.

Died

• c.350 of natural causes
• relics translated to the Basilica Stefania of Naples, Italy in the mid-9th-century

Beatified

• 15 January 1841 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmation)

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Fortunatus of Naples“. Saints.SQPN.com. 4 June 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>