Clateus of Brescia

Saint Clateus, hieromartyr, was bishop of Brescia in northern Italy and, according to tradition, died a martyr in the persecution of Nero, in the year 64. He is commemorated on 4 June.

He was a disciple of Saint Anatolius, bishop of Milan, who ordained him bishop of Brescia. At the time of the persecution of Christians under Nero, on a journey to Milan, Clateus was seized. Because he remained unshaken in the confession of his faith, he was beheaded. His relics are still kept at Milan. A Greek source calls him the second bishop of Brescia.

His name is recorded in the Roman Martyrology on 4 June. The year 64 and the link with Nero rest on tradition, and the early lists of the bishops of Brescia are uncertain.