Agnellus of Naples«Agnellus the Abbot / Agnellus Neapolensis / Agnellus Abbate / Αγνέλλος της Νεαπόλεως»
(535–596)
Abbot / ἡγούμενος
Orders/Societies Associated with: Augustinian Friars*
Place of birth:Province of Campania (Italia suburbicaria) (Roman Empire)†
Place of death:Exarchate of Ravenna (Byzantine Empire)††
Feastday
14 December
Patronage
Patron of:Naples†††; Pisciotta††††; Roccarainola; Rodio; Sant'Agnello
*Order of Saint Augustine / Ordo Fratrum Sancti Augustini / Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine / Ordo eremitarum sancti Augustini [1244]
†Provincia Calabria (Dioecēsis Italiae Suburbicariae) (Imperium Romanum) / ἐπαρχία Καμπανίας (Ιταλία «υπό τη διακυβέρνηση της πόλης», δηλ. της Ρώμης) (Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων) [306–476]
††Exarchatus Ravennatis (Imperium Romanum) / Εξαρχάτον τής Ραβέννας (Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία) [584–751]
†††Napoli / Napule / Παρθενόπη / Νεάπολις /
††††Buxentum / Pixoctum
Saints
This is by no means an exhaustive collection of saints. Many newly canonised saints may be missing and many local saints for which I could only find scant information on have been left out. But this is a substantial collection nonetheless.
The names of the saints are listed as they would have appeared in the time the saint lived (to the best I can determine). Click on the saint’s name in the list to see more information about that saint. If you wish to see saints for a different date, select that date below. Or you can select a saint by their name or by places they are associated with.
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Sources
Information has been gathered predominantly from the following books:
D’Arcy, Mary Ryan. The Saints of Ireland. St. Paul, MN: Irish American Cultural Institute. 1974.
Kelly, Sean and Rogers, Rosemary. The Saint-a-Day Guide. New York: Random House Trade Paperback. 2001.
Ó Riain, Pádraig. A Dictionary of Irish Saints. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2011.
Thurston S.J., Herbert J. and Attwater Donald, eds. Butler’s Lives of the Saints. Westminster, MD: Christian Classics. 1990
and the following websites:
and various vetted articles in: Wikipedia