Saint Maximus of Nola

Memorial

• 15 January

Profile

Bishop of Nola, Italy. Worked with Saint Felix of Nola, and with him was saved by the work of a spider. Worked against the persecutions of Decius, and to save his tormented parishioners. The effort wore him out and sent him to an early grave.

Died

• c.250 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Representation

• with grapes growing on brambles
• ordaining Saint Felix of Nola

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Maximus of Nola“. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 January 2013. Web. 26 May 2013. <>