Quadragesimus of Policastro

Saint Quadragesimus of Policastro was, according to tradition, a shepherd and subdeacon in the church of Policastro (Buxentum) in Italy, around 590. He is known from the Dialogues of Saint Gregory the Great, who names him and relies on him as witness of a miracle. He is a saint of the undivided Church.

Pope Gregory relates, on Quadragesimus's faithful report, that in earlier days a holy man who lived as a monk on Mount Argentario travelled every year to the church of Saint Peter and lodged at his house. Once a man nearby died, and his wife wept beside the body all night. The monk prayed in the church with Quadragesimus, took a little dust from beside the altar and rubbed the dead man's face with it until he came back to life. He then told the woman to say nothing to anyone except that the Lord Jesus Christ had been pleased to work a miracle, and departed, to avoid the honour of men; he never came to Quadragesimus's house again. Western calendars entered Quadragesimus on 26 October, but he no longer appears in the latest edition of the Roman Martyrology.

He is commemorated on 26 October, the liturgical date in the Orthodox calendar (the same day number on the old and new calendars).