Saint Botonto
Profile
On 28 December 1841, the relics of eight martyrs, including an ampule of blood, dating to the time of Diocletian, were found near the cemetery of Sant’Agnese outside Rome, Italy. All we know about them comes from an inscription that translates to “Botonto, who lived three years and two months, (is here) in peace.” Judging by the burial, the people were apparently noble, and probably Greek in origin, but we know nothing else about them.
Born
- c.300
- c.303 in Rome, Italy
- interred near the cemetery of Sant’Agnese on the Via Nomentana, Rome
- relics re-discovered on 28 December 1841
- relics donated to King Carlo Albert of Savoy by Pope Gregory XVI
- relics enshrined in a wax effigy on the right side of the San Francesco altar in the church of the Santa Maria al Monte at the convent of Monte dei Cappucini in Turin, Italy on 15 January 1843
MLA Citation
- “Saint Botonto“. CatholicSaints.Info. 23 May 2022. Web. 13 May 2024. <>