Saints celebrated on the 12th of July
SAINT PATERNIANUS, BISHOP OF BOLOGNA
Saint Paternianus, bishop and confessor of Bologna, whom the Roman Martyrology* lists on this day, was the first successor of Saint Petronius (about the year 450). He held the episcopate for about twenty years, and governed the church of Bologna with great piety. His body is buried in the Church of Saint Felix.
There is a big question mark on this whole narrative, though, as the one single fact that can be stated with absolute certainty is his veneration in Bologna. Everything else is so vague and unproven that the Bollandists* suggest that he perhaps might be the same person as Saint Paternianus, but then again, the timing does not quite fit. Paternianus, the bishop of Fano, lived a little later.
In any case, Piazza* (II. 36) states that relics of this saint are also venerated at Saint Lorenzo in Lucina in Rome (III. 302).
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875)
*A hagiography source used by the authors
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Paternianus may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org
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