Geniale

Geniale was a martyr of Aiello who suffered in the time of the emperor Diocletian, in the third century. The source gives no further details of his life or martyrdom.

His relics were kept in the catacombs of Saint Lawrence in Rome. Through the care of Cardinal Cibo they were brought to Aiello on 26 July 1667, in a casket, together with a phial of the saint's blood, and placed in the Osservanti monastery. On 6 May 1668, before an envoy of the bishop of Tropea, the relics were found to be well preserved, and Geniale was declared patron of the town. In 1783, tradition says, the town was spared a terrible earthquake through his intercession.

He is remembered on 5 February; the source does not state the calendar. He is honoured as a saint of the undivided Church, with no synodal canonization shown in the source.