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Also known as

• Cyril
• Siro

Memorial

• 9 December

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Evangelized and served as first bishop of Pavia, Italy in the 1st century; tradition says that he was appointed by the Apostles, and an old legend says that he was the boy with five loaves who appears in the Gospels. Worked with Saint Juventius of Pavia. Fought Arianism.

Died

• relics in the cathedral of Pavia, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• in Italy
  • Bionzo, Costigliole d’Asti
  • Borgo San Siro
  • Castel Mella
  • Castelletto di Branduzzo
  • Castelletto Monferrato
  • Coenzo
  • Godiasco Salice Terme
  • Grandola ed Uniti
  • Lanzo d’Intelvi
  • Lomazzo
  • Misinto
  • Montesiro
  • Paruzzaro
  • Pavia, city of
  • Pavia, diocese of
  • Rota d’Imagna
  • San Salvatore, Sospiro
  • San Siro
  • San Siro, Bagnoli di Sopra
  • San Siro, Milano
  • Soresina
  • Sospiro
• in Switzerland
  • Mairengo

Representation

• bishop trampling a basilisk (symbol of Arianism) underfoot
• bishop enthroned between two deacons
• with Saint Juventius of Pavia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Syrus of Pavia“. CatholicSaints.Info. 26 January 2024. Web. 25 April 2024. <>