Saint Petronius
The Basilica of San Domenico, in Bologna, contains a statue of Saint Petronius by Michelangelo
Bishop
Born	Unknown
Died	ca. 450 AD
Major shrine	Bologna
Feast	October 4
Attributes	Depicted as a bishop holding a model of Bologna in his hand.
Patronage	Bologna

Saint Petronius ((Italian) San Petronio) (d. ca. 450 AD) was bishop of Bologna during the fifth century. He is a patron saint of the city. Born of a noble Roman family, he became a convert to Christianity and subsequently a priest. As bishop of Bologna, he built the Church of Santo Stefano. The Basilica of San Domenico is one of the major churches in Bologna, Italy. ... Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter,architect and poet. ... Events August 25 - Marcian proclaimed Eastern Roman Emperor by Aspar and Pulcheria. ... Eastern Orthodox shrine Buddhist shrine just outside Wat Phnom. ... The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more saints, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ... In several forms of the church of Christianity, but especially in Roman Catholicism, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. ... Events August 25 - Marcian proclaimed Eastern Roman Emperor by Aspar and Pulcheria. ... It has been suggested that Valid Bishops be merged into this article or section. ... Country Italy Region Emilia-Romagna Province Bologna (BO) Mayor Sergio Cofferati Elevation 54 m Area 140 km² Population  - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 374,425  - Density 2,643/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Bolognesi Dialing code 051 Postal code 40100 Patron St. ... (4th century - 5th century - 6th century - other centuries) Events Rome sacked by Visigoths in 410. ... In several forms of the church of Christianity, but especially in Roman Catholicism, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. ... The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed. ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on Jesus of Nazareth, and on his life and teachings as presented in the New Testament. ... Roman Catholic priests in traditional clerical clothing. ... Santo Stefano, Bologna Santo Stefano is a church in the city of Bologna, Italy. ...

Life

The only certain historical information we possess concerning him is derived from a letter written by Bishop Eucherius of Lyon (died 450-5) to Valerianus (in P. L., L, 711 sqq.) and from Gennadius' De viris illustribus, XLI (ed. Czapla, Münster, 1898, p. 94). Saint Eucherius, Bishop of Lyon (died about 449) was a high-born and high-ranking ecclesiastic in the Christian Church of Gaul who is remembered for his letters advocating extreme self-abnegation. ... Gennadius of Massilia (died c. ...

Eucherius writes that the holy Bishop Petronius was then renowned in Italy for his virtues. From Gennadius we receive more detailed information: Petronius belonged to a noble family whose members occupied high positions at the imperial Court at Milan and in the provincial administrations at the end of the fourth and the beginning of the fifth centuries. Country Italy Region Lombardy Province Milan (MI) Mayor Letizia Moratti Elevation 120 m Area 182 km² Population  - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 1,308,311  - Density 6,988/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Milanesi Dialing code 02 Postal code 20100 Patron St. ...

His father (also named Petronius) was probably prœfectus prœtorio, since a Petronius filled this office in Gaul in 402-8. Eucherius seems to suggest (P. L., L, 719) that the future bishop also held an important secular position. Map of Gaul circa 58 BC Gaul (Latin Gallia, Greek Galatia) was the region of Western Europe occupied by present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. ... This article concerns secularity, that is, being secular, in various senses. ...

Even in his youth Petronius devoted himself to the practices of asceticism, and seems to have visited the Holy Places in Jerusalem, perhaps on a pilgrimage. Ascetic redirects here. ... Jerusalem (Hebrew:  , Yerushaláyim or Yerushalaim; Arabic:  , al-Quds (the Holy); official Arabic in Israel: أورشليم القدس, Urshalim-al-Quds (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names) is the capital and largest city[1] of the State of Israel with a population of 724,000 (as of May 24, 2006[2... Pilgrim at Mecca A pilgrimage is a term primarily used in religion and spirituality of a long journey or search of great moral significance. ...

About 432 he was elected and consecrated Bishop of Bologna, where he erected a church to Saint Stephen (Santo Stefano), the building scheme of which was in imitation of the shrines on Golgotha and over the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Events July 31 - Sixtus is elected to succeed Celestine as Pope. ... Saint Stephen, Protomartyr, depicted by Carlo Crivelli in 1476 with three stones and the martyrs palm. ... Calvary (Golgotha) was the hill outside Jerusalem on which Jesus was crucified. ... The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, called Church of the Resurrection (Anastasis) by Eastern Christians, is a Christian church now within the walled Old City of Jerusalem. ...

A statue of Saint Petronius, in Bologna

The buildings belong approximately to the period when Pope Leo I had basilicas erected in Rome and Galla Placidia in Ravenna. Petronius is believed to have written a work on the life of the Egyptian monks (Vitæ patrum Ægypti monachorum); the author of this work, however, is Rufinus of Aquileia. Pope Saint Leo I, or Leo the Great, was a Roman aristocrat who was Pope from 440 to 461. ... Nickname: The Eternal City Location within Province of Rome in the Region of Latium Coordinates: Region Latium Province Province of Rome Mayor of Rome Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1,285 km²  (496. ... Ravenna is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. ...

The treatise De ordinatione episcopi, bearing the name of Petronius as author, is by the elder Petronius, who was a man of eloquence and wide acquaintance with the secular sciences.

Morin has published a sermon entitled "In die ordinationis vel Natale episcopi" (Revue bénédictine, 1897, 3 sq.), which Gennadius ascribes to Bishop Petronius of Verona, whom Czalpa holds is Petronius of Bologna, but this assignment is not certain.

According to Gennadius, Petronius died during the reign of Emperor Theodosius II and Valentinian III, i. e., before 450. Theodosius II Flavius Theodosius II (April, 401 - July 28, 450 ). The eldest son of Eudoxia and Arcadius who at the age of 7 became the Roman Emperor of the East. ... Solidus minted in Thessalonica to celebrate the marriage of Valentinian III to Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of the Eastern Emperor Theodosius II. On the reverse, the three of them in wedding dresses. ...

San Petronio Basilica

In the twelfth century appeared a legendary life of the saint, whose relics were discovered in 1141. Shortly afterwards a church was erected in his honour at Bologna; a second, planned on a large seal, was begun in 1390, and built as far as the cross-aisle. In 1659 the building was resumed and the glorious Italian-Gothic church completed as it stands to-day. This is Bologna's San Petronio Basilica. The feast of St. Petronius is celebrated on 4 October. Image File history File linksMetadata Bologna_italy_duomo_distance. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Bologna_italy_duomo_distance. ... Events February 2 - Battle of Lincoln. ... The unfinished facade of San Petronio Basilica. ...

In iconography, he is depicted as a bishop holding a model of Bologna in his hand. Iconography usually refers to the design or creation of images and more specifically to the historical study of art which aims at the identification, description and the interpretation of the content of images. ...

Sources

• George Ferguson, Signs and Symbols in Christian Art (New York: Oxford University Press, 1961), 139.

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