Saint Justus of Trieste

Also known as

• Giusto of Trieste
• Just of Trieste
• Sergius of Trieste

Memorial

• 2 November

Profile

Citizen of Trieste, Italy known for his penance and charity. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

• 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

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation
• there is evidence of his cultus in Trieste, Italy as early as the 6th century

Patronage

• Trieste, Italy

Representation

• lance
• spear
• man in classical dress with flowers across his chest and holding a palm and cathedral

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/>