Saint Justus of Trieste
Also known as
- Giusto of Trieste
- Just of Trieste
- Sergius of Trieste
Profile
Citizen of Trieste, Italy known for his penance and charity. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.
- weighted down and thrown into the sea to drown in 303
- buried by a priest named Sebastian on the spot where his body washed up on shore
- there is documentation that his relics were in the cathedral of Trieste, Italy in 1040 and 1624
- Pre-Congregation
- there is evidence of his cultus in Trieste, Italy as early as the 6th century
- spear
- man in classical dress with flowers across his chest and holding a palm and cathedral
