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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
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
MLA Citation
- “Saint Justus of Trieste”. Saints.SQPN.com. 7 March 2010. Web. 20 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-justus-of-trieste/>