Apr 192009
![[Saint Secundus of Asti]](http://saints.sqpn.com/wp-content/gallery/saint-secundus-of-asti/saint-secundus-of-asti-01.jpg "Saint Secundus of Asti")
Also known as
- Secondo di Asti
- 29 March
- 30 March (Asti, Italy until the 15th century)
- 1st Tuesday in May (Asti, Italy)
- 1 June (Asti, Italy; translation of his relics)
Profile
Born to the patrician class. Soldier; subaltern officer in the imperial Roman army, a low rank which probably indicates he was a young man. Convert to Christianity, baptised in Milan, Italy. He illegally gave a Christian burial to the martyr Saint Marcian of Tortona, and then fled to his family in Asti, Italy. There he was arrested, tortured and beheaded. Martyr. A number of legends have grown up around him, but they’re just that – legends. The large market that grew up around the cathedral in Asti, which cathedral holds his relics, led to a tradition of patronage of bankers and merchants by Secundus.
Representation
- soldier holding a miniature of the town of Asti, Italy
- young soldier, sometimes on horseback, sometimes with a banner, and often in the period attire of the artist, not of Secundus
- receiving a palm of martyrdom from an angel
- with the Theban Legion
Additional Information
- Diocese of Asti, Italy
- For All the Saints, by Katherine Rabeinstein
- Kirken i Norge
- San Secondo d’Asti Catholic Church, Guasti, California
- Santi e Beati
- Wikipedia
- 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