Fortunatus of Naples

Saint Fortunatus of Naples was bishop of Naples in the fourth century. He is the first historically attested bishop of Naples, as one of the recipients of a letter written by those who took part in the Arian council of Philippopolis in the 340s. Tradition holds that he was a fierce opponent of Arianism. His term as bishop is traditionally placed between 347 and 359. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, with a commemoration on 14 June.

At Naples there is also a local feast on 8 November, the day on which the memory of all the bishop saints of the Church of Naples is kept. According to tradition he built a cemetery basilica next to a set of catacombs, in which he was later buried and which came to be called the Catacombs of Saint Gaudiosus, after the fifth-⁠century bishop Gaudiosus. His remains were moved by Bishop John IV into the old cathedral of Naples in the ninth century. In the thirteenth century his relics were moved to Sant'Eframo Vecchio.