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A bishop and several his flock who were martyred together in the persecutions of Diocletian, and whose relics were kept and enshrined together. We know nothing else about them but the names

• Apollo
• Bono
• Cassiano
• Castoro
• Damiano
• Dionisio
• Leonida
• Lucilla
• Poliano
• Tecla
• Teodora
• Vespasiano

Died

• 26 March 303
• relics enshrined in the parish of Saint Stephen in Novellara, Italy in 1603

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

MLA Citation

• “Martyrs of Novellara“. CatholicSaints.Info. 23 April 2015. Web. 18 May 2024. <>