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Saint Proculus in '' San Zaccaria'', 1451 Saint Proculus () (died ) was a
bishop of Verona 235px, The facade of ''Palazzo del Vescovado'' The Diocese of Verona () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in northern Italy. The diocese belongs to the Ecclesiastical Province of Venice. The bishop of Verona has his seat in Verona, Vene ...
who survived the persecutions of
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. He died of
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Verona Verona ( ; ; or ) is a city on the Adige, River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 255,131 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region, and is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and in Northeast Italy, nor ...
. He is commemorated on December 9.Odden, Per Einar. "Den hellige Proculus av Verona (d. ~320)", Den katolske kirke
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Traditional narrative

During the Diocleian persecution, Proculus, bishop of Verona went to the prison to encourage
Firmus and Rusticus Saints Firmus and Rusticus () (died c. 290 AD) are venerated as two martyrs of Verona. Legend Their unreliable ''Acts'' state that Firmus and Rusticus, kinsmen, were prominent citizens of Bergamo. According to tradition, the soldier Firmus was ...
. He was bound and brought with them before Anulinus, the consul. However, as Proculus was elderly, Anulinus did not consider him worth his interest, and had him released, beaten, and banished from the city. He lived to survive the persecutions. He is said to have afterwards visited Jerusalem; to have been taken prisoner and sold as a slave on his return; but to have regained his liberty and returned to Verona.


Veneration

Attached to the
Basilica di San Zeno The Basilica di San Zeno (also known as ''San Zeno Maggiore'' or ''San Zenone'') is a minor basilica of Verona, northern Italy constructed between 967 and 1398 AD. Its fame rests partly on its Romanesque architecture and partly upon the traditio ...
in Verona is the Church of San Procolo housing the relics of Saint Proculus. It dates from the 6th or 7th century, being erected in the Christian
necropolis A necropolis (: necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek ''nekropolis'' (). The term usually implies a separate burial site at a distan ...
across the Via Gallica. It is first mentioned, however, only in 845. His relics were discovered in 1492 during renovations of the church.Menzies, Lucy. ''The Saints in Italy: A Book of Reference to the Saints in Italian Art and Dedication'', Medici Society Limited, 1924, p, 370
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San Zaccaria The Church of San Zaccaria is a 15th-century former monastic church in central Venice. It is a large edifice located in the Campo San Zaccaria, just off the waterfront to the southeast of Piazza San Marco and St Mark's Basilica. It is dedicated ...
in Venice is a life-size wooden statue "Proculus of Verona" (1451). His head is venerated in Bergamo. In 1704,
Sebastiano Ricci Sebastiano Ricci (1 August 165915 May 1734) was an Italian Baroque painter of the late Baroque period in Venetian painting. About the same age as Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Piazzetta, and an elder contemporary of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Tie ...
executed in
Venice Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...
a canvas of "San Procolo" for Bergamo Cathedral.


See also

* Diocese of Verona


References


External links


Church of San Procolo


{{DEFAULTSORT:Proculus 3rd-century births 320 deaths Italian saints Bishops of Verona 4th-century Italian bishops 4th-century Christian saints