Saint Bassian of Lodi - January 19 - (The Lodi Cathedral)
geobeats Saint Bassian of Lodi 19 January Son of Servius, prefect of Syracuse, Sicily. Student in Rome, Italy. Convert to Christianity. His family opposed the conversion, and when Bassian was ordered back to Syracuse, he fled to Ravenna, Italy. Bishop of Lodi, Italy c.373. Attended the Council of Aquileia in 381. Friend of Saint Felix of Como and of Saint Ambrose of Milan; Bassian was at the deathbed of Saint Ambrose.
Born
c.320 in Syracuse, Sicily
Died
413 in Lodi, Italy of natural causes
following a military defeat of Lodi by Milan in 1158, Bassian’s relics were taken to Milan
relics returned to Lodi in 1163 Canonized Pre-Congregation Patronage Bassano del Grappa, Italy Lodi, Italy San Bassano, Italy catholicsaints.info/saint-bassian-of-lodi/