Campio

Holy Martyr Campio is, according to legend, a Roman soldier of the 3rd century who suffered in the time of Diocletian and Maximian, in the year 306. It is also said that his wife, Saint Archelaida, and their three small children followed his example to martyrdom.

His relics lay in the catacombs of Saint Callixtus until the end of the 18th century. In 1777 the archdeacon of Trastámara, Xavier Zelada, brought them from Rome to Santo Ourente de Entíns (Outes) in Galicia, to give his church fame through a martyr. Pope Pius VI gave him the remains of one of the many soldiers buried there, on whose slab the name Campio was written. The saint soon gained fame as a healer and as a help against ailments of the spirit, the evil eye and demons. The name comes from the Latin "campus", field. He is honored as a saint of the undivided Church.