NARCISSO, saint. — He is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on 29 October, but there is no evidence that he was venerated in antiquity; he was introduced into the Martyrology by Ado.
He succeeded Dolichianus in the episcopate of Jerusalem between 180 and 192 (during the reign of Commodus). In the first, he took part in the Synod of Palestine, convened by order of Pope Victor to decide the Easter question. Accused by certain slanderers, he left the see and withdrew into the desert, but the accusers were overtaken by divine justice and perished in accordance with their perjuries. He subsequently returned to Jerusalem, and since he was very old, he chose Alexander of Cappadocia as his coadjutor. He died after 212, at the age of more than 116.