Simplicius of Verona

Simplicius was the third bishop of Verona, between Saint Demetrian and Saint Proculus, venerated as a local saint at Verona. He is commemorated on 20 November. No certain facts are known of his life.

In the official chronicle of the diocese, his time is placed after Saint Demetrian and before Saint Proculus. There are no certain records about Simplicius. Only Bishop Valier, in the Veronese Martyrology, calls him "most wise in human and divine matters". According to the martyrology of the church of Verona, he was of great benefit to the people of Verona by his teaching and deeds, adorned the Church wonderfully, brought it to great splendor and passed from this life most holily.

Simplicius departed to the Lord on 20 November and was buried in the crypt of the church of Saint Proculus. The translation of his relics to the church of Saint Stephen, which took place on 21 October, at the end of the fifth century, is told by Canon Gian Giacomo Dionisi. The same author also recalls a second translation, on 20 February 1550.

Only one image of the saint is preserved, among Saints Jerome, Francis, Maurus and Placid, by Niccolò Giolfino.