Saint
Pomponius of Naples
Bishop of Naples
Bishop of Naples who stayed firm in the faith before the Arian king Theodoric the Great.
Life
Saint Pomponius was bishop of Naples in Italy, known as an opponent of Arianism. He died in the year 536. He is commemorated on 30 April, mainly in the Catholic Church.
He held the episcopal see of Naples in the time of the Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great, who ruled most of the Italian Peninsula. Theodoric was an Arian, but Saint Pomponius remained steadfast in his faith.
The sources at hand give no other details of his life. He lived before the separation of the Churches, and so he is venerated as a saint of the undivided Church.
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