Hieromartyr
Pelinus of Brindisi
Bishop of Brindisi
Bishop of Brindisi, put to death around 361 in the days of Julian the Apostate.
- Feast
- December 5old style December 18
- Reposed
- 3614th century
- Place
- Brindisi
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Saint Pelinus of Brindisi, hieromartyr, was Bishop of Brindisi in southern Italy and was martyred at Confinium, under the Emperor Julian the Apostate, in 361.
The sources do not recount details of his suffering. He is a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 5 December (New Calendar).
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