ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 12th of July WELCOME! SAINT PATERNIANUS, BISHOP OF FANO S. Paterniano de Fano Saint Paternianus was the first bishop of Fano (Fanum Fortunae), where a beautiful church bears his name. Its legend is embellished with numerous miracles. He is said to have lived in the desert until the end of Diocletian's persecution and headed a kind of hermit monastery. Afterwards, he presided over his diocese with zeal and excellent success, building churches, establishing parishes. Paternianus has been remembered fondly and with great reverence through the centuries up to this day. After about 40 to 45 years of office, he went to his eternal reward. The Roman Martyrology * lists him as bishop of Bologna, and according to Baronius '* notes he was the seventh bishop in the order and successor of Saint Petronius (Please also see: Saint Paternianus ) (III. 295). (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclop...