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![[Saint Siro of Pavia]](http://saints.sqpn.com/wp-content/gallery/saint-syrus-of-pavia/saint-syrus-of-pavia-01.jpg "64kb jpg photograph of a detail from the painting 'Holy Family and Saint Syrus', by Bernardino Campi, 1569, the altar in the vestry of San Marco church, Milan, Italy; photographed by Giovanni Dall'Orto, 20 January 2007; swiped off the Wikipedia web site")
Also known as
- Cyril of Pavia
- Siro of Pavia
Profile
Evangelized and served as first bishop of Pavia, Italy in the 1st century; tradition says that he was appointed by the Apostles, and an old legend says that he was the boy with five loaves who appears in the Gospels. Worked with Saint Juventius of Pavia. Fought Arianism.
- bishop trampling a basilisk (symbol of Arianism) underfoot
- bishop enthroned between two deacons
- with Saint Juventius of Pavia
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Heiligen 3s
- Kirken i Norge
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Wikipedia
MLA Citation
- “Saint Syrus of Pavia”. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 December 2012. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-syrus-of-pavia/>