Saint
Redentus
Bishop of Trani
A bishop of Trani, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
- Era
- 3rd century
- Order
- Hierarchs
Life
Holy Hierarch Redentus was the first bishop of the Christian community of Trani in Apulia, in the third century, who died in the year 249.
He lived in the time of the persecution of the emperor Decius. He converted and baptized many of his fellow citizens, among them Apollonius and his son Magnus, who succeeded him as bishop. He is honoured as a saint of the undivided Church, without synodal canonization.