Saint Jovita
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- Memorial
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formerly 15 February
removed from calendar and cultus suppressed in 1969
- Profile
- Younger brother of Saint Faustinus.
Nobility in 2nd century Brescia.
Deacon.
Zealous preacher in Brescia, Milan, Rome, and Naples.
Tortured and martyred in the persecution of Emperor Hadrian.
While their cultus is ancient and widespread, recent scholarship indicates that the story of Jovita and Faustinus was a pious fiction, not a biography.
- Born
- at Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
- Died
- given to the lions to be killed, but the animals refused to touch the brothers;
beheaded in 120 at Brescia;
relics reported in Brescia, Rome, Verona, and Bologna
- Patronage
- Brescia, Italy
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia
For All The Saints
New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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