Saint Speciosus

Memorial

• 15 March

Profile

Wealthy land owner at Campania, Italy. He and his brother Gregory became monks, taking the cowl from Saint Benedict at Monte Cassino. Monk at Terracina.

Died

• c.555 at Capua, Italy of natural causes

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 Speciosus”. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 March 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-speciosus/>