Saint of the Day – 12 July – Saint Proculus (Died c542) Bishop and Martyr of Bologna, Italy. Patronage – of Bologna.
Also known as – Proclus.
The Roman Martyrology reads today: “St Proclus who won the Palm of Martyrdom after most bitter torments in the time of the Emperor Trajan and the Governor Maxillis”
Proculus was a Bishop of Terni, in Umbria, Italy who, attempting to flee persecution from the Goths, came to Bologna where he was subsequently decapitated during the persecutions of Trajan.
The Bolognese have held Proculus in veneration from very ancient times. His remains are preserved in the Church of San Procolo in Bologna.
He is depicted in a Statue on the spire of the south transept of the Duomo di Milan (maybe the one above).
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as so many sermons.
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Charles Cardinal Journet (1891-1975)
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