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Saint Orontius
Venerated in
Catholic Church
Feast
August 26
Attributes
Episcopal attire; smashes pagan idols at his feet[1]
Patronage
Lecce (city and province); Ostuni; Turi
Saint Orontius of Lecce (Italian: Sant'Oronzo, sometimes Oronzio or Aronzo; Leccese: Santu Ronzu) is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church, along with two other figures associated with his legend, Fortunatus and Justus. He is viewed as the first bishop of Lecce.
Salento, on the beach of San Cataldo. He converted two citizens of Rudiae (present-day Lecce), Orontius and Fortunatus (Orontius was Fortunatus' uncle)...
Licea or Litium. Lecce had a theater and an amphitheater and was connected to the Hadrian Port (the current San Cataldo). OrontiusofLecce, locally called...
Orontius is a name of Latin origin. It can refer to: People Marcellus Orontius, a disciple of Plotinus OrontiusofLecce, or Oronzo, saint Vincent, Orontius...
Zimbalo by order of bishop Luigi Pappacoda, whose remains are kept in the altar dedicated to Saint OrontiusofLecce, the patron saint of the city. The cathedral...
Saint Orontius may refer to: OrontiusofLecce (Oronzo) See Vincent, Orontius, and Victor for St Orontius, martyr This disambiguation page lists articles...
group of people of different origins". Sacked after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, in 996 AD the town became part of the Norman County ofLecce. The...
was supposedly founded by Saint OrontiusofLecce. A new church dedicated to St Gerardo della Porta, who became patron of the town and whose relics are...
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Rachan) of the 6th century, who happened to die in Taranto during his pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The city also honors the martyr St. Orontius. Orontius, the...
depicting St. Orontius and St. Charles. Adjacent to this altar is a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus placed inside a cabinet. Before the chapel of St. Roch...
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