Reduce of Naples

Saint Redux of Naples (Reduce) was bishop of Naples between 579 and 582 and died on 29 March 582. He is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church, where his commemoration is on 29 March; our sources mention no Orthodox veneration, although he lived before the separation of the Churches.

The main historical source on him is the first part of the Deeds of the Bishops of Naples, written at the end of the eighth century and the beginning of the next by an anonymous author. No information has been preserved about his origin and early years. He ascended the episcopal throne of Naples after Vincent. His enthronement took place on 5 March 579.

Very little information is preserved about his governance. It is said only that he gave to the library in the cathedral a codex with the collection of the works of Augustine compiled by Eugippius. It is also known that in December 581 Naples was besieged for the first time by the Lombards, led by the duke of Benevento, Zotto. Redux died on 29 March 582, after governing the diocese three years and twenty-⁠four days. His successor was Demetrius.

Soon after his death Redux began to be venerated by the Neapolitans as a saint, as shown by the mention of his name in a martyrology of the ninth century, whose author drew on older church sources in compiling it.