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Frontiniano may have served as a soldier in an imperial Roman legion. He studied in his home town of Carcassonne, France, and became a deacon. He was a pilgrim to Rome, Italy with one Casiano, healing people along with way by praying for them, and performing other miracles including crossing a river on a piece of debris that floated up to carry him over. In Alba Pompeia, Italy, he expelled a demon from a teenager; the girl‘s parents converted and were baptized by Frontiniano, but the prefect of the city had him arrested and executed for the crime of being a Christian. He was a Martyr.
Born
- Carcassone, France
Died
- beheaded on 23 October 311 on the road outside the city walls of Alba Pompeia, Piedmont, Italy near the city cemetery
- a Benedictine abbey dedicated to Saint Frontiniano was later built on the site of his execution, and is the source of the information we have about him
- relics enshrined in the cathedral of Alba on 27 April 1455 by Blessed Alerinus de Rambaldis
- in the 16th century there developed a tradition of bringing sick children to be cathedral, carrying them nine times around the outside of the church, and then bringing them before the relics to pray for the intercession of Frontiniano
Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
Patronage
- sick children
- Alba, Italy
- Sinio, Italy
Source: https://catholicsaints.info/saint-frontiniano-of-alba/
