Patronage

Brescia

2 saints

Saints Faustinus and Jovita

Feast: February 15th • 2nd century

Brothers from a noble family of Brescia, Faustinus (priest) and Jovita (deacon) were martyred under Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century. Afte…

Feast: July 18th • 4th century

Bishop of Brescia in the 4th century, Philastrius was an ardent defender of orthodoxy against Arianism, traveling throughout the Empire to p…