Ovidius ( pt, Santo Ovídio), also ''Saint Auditus'', was the third
Bishop of Braga; he is a
Portuguese
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saint.
Hagiography
According to
hagiographies
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of the 16th century, Ovidius was a
Roman
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citizen of
Sicilian origin. Tradition states that he was sent to
Braga
Braga ( , ; cel-x-proto, Bracara) is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality has a resident population of 193,333 inhabitants (i ...
by
Pope Clement I
Pope Clement I ( la, Clemens Romanus; Greek: grc, Κλήμης Ῥώμης, Klēmēs Rōmēs) ( – 99 AD) was bishop of Rome in the late first century AD. He is listed by Irenaeus and Tertullian as the bishop of Rome, holding office from 88 AD t ...
, where he served as
the city's third bishop around 95.
[Borrrelli, Antonio. "Sant' Audito (Ovidio) di Braga", Santi e Beati, September 16, 2002]
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He is said to have baptized
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Saint Quiteria
Quiteria ( es, Quiteria; ca, Quitèria; oc, Quiteira; french: Quitterie; pt, Quitéria) was a second-century virgin martyr and saint about whom nothing is certain exc