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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Honorius of Casalvieri

A saint honored at Casalvieri, of whom little is known.

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Era
unknown
Order
Martyrs

Life

Honorius of Casalvieri was, according to tradition, a Roman soldier put to death because he would not renounce Christianity. His body was brought from Rome to Casalvieri in Italy on 27 May 1747 and is kept in the church of Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist. He is patron of the town, in place of Saint Nicholas, and is kept on the last Sunday of May. Local veneration, without synodal canonization.