Saint Nazarius
- Memorial
- 28 July
- Profile
- His father was a pagan Roman army officer, his mother a Christian.
Raised a Christian, and taught religion by Saint Peter the Apostle.
Friend of and co-worker with Saint Celsus.
Evangelized in Milan.
Martyred in the first persecution of Nero.
- Born
- 1st century at Rome, Italy
- Died
- beheaded c.68 in Milan, Italy; legend says that when Saint Ambrose of Milan discovered his tomb in 395, Nazarius's blood was still liquid;
relics taken to the basilica of the Apostles in Milan
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
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