Octavian of Volterra

Saint Octavian of Volterra is venerated in the Western Church as one of the three patrons of the diocese of Volterra, together with Justus and Clement. He is remembered on 2 September in the Western calendar, and his death is placed around 600. Our sources say little of his life.

His tomb is kept in the cathedral of Volterra, with a shrine attributed to Tino di Camaino, dated 1320. In 1656, on 2 and 3 September, his relics were solemnly exposed for veneration to protect the territory from the plague. A parish in the diocese of Volterra, at Prato d'Era, bears his name. From our sources we cannot say whether he was a bishop.