Saint Abundius of Como
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- Also known as
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Abbondio
Abondius
Abundias
- Memorial
- 2 April
- Profile
- Priest.
Bishop of Como, Italy.
Noted theologian.
Attended the Council of Constantinople in 450.
Diplomat from Pope Leo the Great to Emperor Theodosius II.
Papal legate to the Council of Chalcedon in 451.
Attended the Council of Milan in 452.
Fought Eutychianism, which denied Jesus' human nature, and Nestorianism.
Sometimes credited with the authorship of the Te Deum.
- Born
- at Thessalonica, Greece
- Died
- 469 of natural causes
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
- Como, Italy
- Additional Information
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New Catholic Dictionary
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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