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Memorial
- June 25
Died - c.362
Canonized - Pre-Congregation
From
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Ranking
officer in the imperial army of Constantine the Great. Roman
consul. In 330 he retired from his military and political
duties, moving to Ostia where he founded a hospital and spent
the remainder of his life caring for the sick. In earlier
times times he was described as being exiled to Alexandria,
and martyred, but this was apparently not the case.
From
Catholic Encyclopedia
Roman
Martyr in Egypt, 362-363, under Julian. According to his Acts
(in "Acta SS.", June, VII, 31), which are not very reliable,
he was a distinguished general in the war against the Persians,
was consul with Symmachus,333 (perhaps also once before with
Bassus, 317). After his conversion to Christianity he retired
to Ostia, founded a hospital and endowed a church built by
Constantine. Under Julian he was banished to Egypt, and lived
with the hermits in the desert. A small church was built in
his honour in the Trastevere of Rome. His relics are at Rome
in the church of Sant' Andrea della Valle. The legend of his
conversion was dramatized by Roswitha.
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He is also
referred to as St. Gallicanus of Ostia. As the first statue on the
right (north) colonnade, St. Gallicanus doesn't actually face into
the Square, but toward the front opening. His statue was carved
between 1670-1673 by Lazzaro Morelli, who was the most prolific
of the artists working for Bernini on the colonnade statues, with
over 45 of the saints attributed to him.
Others saints
by this name who are commemorated on June 25 include:
St. Gallicanus of Embrun (French, bishop, c. 542)
St. Gallicanus II Ninth bishop of Embrun
Resources
Roma Sacra - San Pietro in Vaticano, Itineraries 21-22, ©Fabbrica
of St. Peter's, July 2001
Contact: stpetersbasilica@gmail.com
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