Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.
SAVINO, saint, martyr. - He is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on 30 Dec., but according to the Passio, corroborated by certain manuscripts of the Hieronymian Martyrology, he died on the 7th of the same month.
His cult was very widespread in antiquity: his image is found in the mosaics of S. Apollinare nuovo, and from the letters of s. Gregorio Magno it may be inferred that his relics were much sought after. During the persecution of Diocletian, S. was arrested and brought before the tribunal of the governor Venustiano; after questioning him and seeing him steadfast in the faith, the latter had his hands cut off and imprisoned him. Then entrusted to the tribu-
(from G. Celi, II p. Fedele Savia, Roma 1911)
SAVIO, FEDELE, - Portrait.
SAVOIA, CASA di - Original arms: Or, an eagle sable, wings displayed and lowered in flight. Tomb seal with recumbent figure in chalky alabaster, believed to be Tommaso II di S. (d. 1259), a work of the late 14th and early 15th centuries — Aosta, choir of the Cathedral. (Int. Savoni)…of Spoleto, he was subjected in that city to harsh tortures, as a result of which he died. Over his tomb, two miles from Spoleto, a basilica arose. The Passio, highly legendary and written in Rome between the end of the 5th and the beginning of the 6th century, makes him bishop of Spoleto, but this status is not established.
BIBL.: F. Lanzoni, La Passio s. S., in Römische Quartalschr., 17 (1903), pp. 1-26; Lanzoni, p. 439 ff.; H. Delchaye, Les origines du culte des martyrs, Bruxelles 1933, p. 317; Martyr. Hieronymianum, p. 638; Martyr. Romanum, p. 609. Agostino Amore
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“SAVINO, SANTO, MARTIRE.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), p. 1171. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/savino-santo-martire.
