Tegulus

Holy Martyr Tegulus is venerated in northern Italy, above all at Ivrea, as one of the soldiers of the legendary Theban Legion, led by Saint Maurice toward the end of the 3rd century.

According to local tradition Tegulus survived the decimation of the legion but was beheaded later, on the road to Montaldo Dora, at the place where the chapel of Santa Croce was built in the 14th century. His veneration began only toward the end of the 10th century, when, in the time of Bishop Warmondus, his relics were found in a tomb a short distance from the town. They were brought into the cathedral of Ivrea, to the chapel of San Giacomo, and later, together with those of Bessus, to the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament.

Little is known about him with certainty. He may have been a local Christian martyred in the last imperial persecutions, and his cult was linked to the Theban Legion to give antiquity to a local saint. One scholar even suggests that the name means "tile", after the material of Roman graves. He is honored as a saint of the undivided Church in the Western calendars.