- Gaudiosus of Naples
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name= Saint Gaudiosus of Naples
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death_date=~455 AD
feast_day=27 October
venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church
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issues=Saint Gaudiosus of Naples ("Gaudiosus the African") was a bishop of Abitina (Abitine, Abitinia) in
Africa Province during the 5th century. Abitina was a village nearCarthage in present-day westernTunisia .Born "Septimius Celius Gaudiosus", he fled
North Africa during the persecutions ofGenseric in a leaky boat and arrived atNaples with other exiled churchmen, including the bishop ofCarthage , who was namedQuodvultdeus . Arriving around 439 AD, he established himself on theacropolis ofNaples .The introduction of the
Augustinian Rule into Naples is attributed to him as well as the introduction of somerelics , including those ofSaint Restituta . [ [http://www.napoli.com/english/sotterranea2.php napoli.com - Around Naples ] ] [ [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/90237 San Gaudioso di Abitine ] ]Gaudiosus' relics were later buried in the
Catacombs of San Gennaro in the 6th century. [ [http://www.napoli.com/english/sotterranea2.php napoli.com - Around Naples ] ] [ [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/90237 San Gaudioso di Abitine ] ] One of the cemeteries of these catacombs, San Gaudioso, refers to Gaudiosus.References
External links
* [http://saints.sqpn.com/saintg0f.htm Gaudiosus of Naples]
*it icon [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/90237 San Gaudioso di Abitine]
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