Saint Lazarus of Milan

Memorial

• 11 February

Profile

Archbishop of Milan, Italy c.439, a time when invading Ostrogoths controlled the area. May have developed and certainly popularized the Rogationtide litanies; originally devised to ask for protection from the Ostrogoths, over time the devotion spread throughout Europe. His feast day was moved to February due to the Milanese custom of not celebrating saint days during Lent.

Died

• 14 March 450

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Lazarus of Milan”. Saints.SQPN.com. 10 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-lazarus-of-milan/>