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Saint Fortunato di Lecce
Feast day: August 26
Biography
Fortunato (fl. 1st century), venerated as a saint, bishop, and martyr by the Catholic Church, was the nephew of Saint Oronzo. Together with Saint Justus, he is a patron saint of the city of Lecce, of which, according to tradition, he was the second bishop.
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Patronages
- botrugno(situation)
- ortelle and salento(situation)
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