Martyr
Antoninus of Piacenza
A martyr of Piacenza in Italy, put to death around 303.
- Feast
- September 30old style October 13
- Reposed
- 3033rd century
- Place
- Piacenza
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Saint Antoninus of Piacenza was a soldier of the Theban Legion in the third century and was slain on the banks of the Trebbia near Piacenza in Italy, around 303. His blood, kept in a phial, has the same miraculous properties as that of Saint Januarius. He is commemorated on 30 September, as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar.
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