Feb 152009
![[Saint Jovita and Saint Faustinus]](http://saints.sqpn.com/wp-content/gallery/saint-faustinus-and-saint-jovita/saint-faustinus-and-saint-jovita-01.jpg "102kb jpg illustration of Saint Jovita and Saint Faustinus; taken from 'Pictorial Lives of the Saints', 1892, artist unknown")
- formerly 15 February
- removed from calendar and cultus suppressed in 1969
Profile
Born to the nobility in 2nd century Italy, the older brother of Saint Jovinus. Priest. Zealous preacher in Brescia, Milan, Rome, and Naples. Tortured and martyred in the persecution of Emperor Hadrian.
While their cultus is ancient and widespread, recent scholarship indicates that the story of Jovinus and Faustinus was a pious fiction mistaken for a biography.
Born
- with his brother, he was thrown to the lions, but the animals refused to touch the men
- beheaded in 120 at Brescia, Italy
- relics reported in Brescia, Rome, Verona, and Bologna
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia
- For All The Saints
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson