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Saint

Probus

A saint venerated at Formia, remembered in the calendars of the Church.

Feast
October 6old style October 19
Era
4th century

Life

Saint Probus was bishop of Formia in the fourth century, the second bishop of the city, and is venerated as a martyr in the Catholic Church, on 6 October (new style). He became bishop of Formia in the year 303, in place of Erasmus. It was he who buried the remains of Erasmus in the necropolis of Formia, at the place where the church of Saint Erasmus was later built. His relics are kept today in the cathedral of Gaeta, dedicated to Saint Erasmus and Saint Marcian, protectors of the city.

Commemorated the same day October 6