Abundius Explained

Honorific Prefix:Saint
Abundius
Titles:Hermit, bishop, and confessor
Birth Date:fifth century
Birth Place:Thessalonica, Greece
Death Date:469[1]
Feast Day:2 April
Venerated In:Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Major Shrine:Basilica di Sant'Abbondio, Como
Attributes:depicted in art as a bishop with a stag; sometimes he is shown raising a dead child to life[2]
Patronage:The city and the diocese of Como

Abundius (also Abondius, Abundias, or Abbondio; early fifth century – 469), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Abundius, was a bishop of Como, Northern Italy.

Biography

Abundius was born at Thessalonica. Around 448 Abundius became the fourth Bishop of Como, succeeding Amantius.[3] He was present at the Council of Constantinople in 448, and took an active part against the Eutychian heresy at Chalcedon (451), where he was the representative of Pope Leo the Great. In 452 he also took part in the Council of Milan, convened to refute the same heresy. Abundius is one of those to whom the authorship of the Te Deum is attributed.

The Romanesque church of Sant'Abbondio at Como, consecrated in 1095 by Pope Urban II, is dedicated to him, and his relics are conserved beneath its principal altar.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jones . Terry . Abundius of Como . Patron Saints Index . 4 March 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070216004621/http://www.catholic-forum.com/Saints/saintaa2.htm . 16 February 2007 . dead . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Rabenstein . Katherine . Abundius of Como, Hermit (RM) . Saints O' the Day for April 2 . April 1999 . 4 March 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180429025041/http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0402.shtml#abon . 29 April 2018 . dead .
  3. The death of his predecessor, Amanzio, a native of Canterbury in England, is traditionally set at 448. See the article Sant'Amanzio di Como on the Italian Wikipedia
  4. See the article on the Basilica di Sant'Abbondio on the Italian Wikipedia