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Saint Adheritus
Bishop of Ravenna
BornGreece
DiedRavenna, Italy
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church,
Eastern Orthodox Church
Major shrineBasilica of Classe
Feast27 September

Adheritus was Bishop of Ravenna during the 2nd-century and successor to Saint Apollinaris, the first bishop of Ravenna. He was of Greek origin and was a follower of Apollinaris[1] Adheritus died on 27 September at the port of Classe, and his remains are venerated in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe near Ravenna, Italy[2][3]

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  1. ^ "St. Adheritus". Catholic Online. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  2. ^ Agnellus of Ravenna; Deliyannis, Deborah Mauskopf (2004). The Book of Pontiffs of the Church of Ravenna (Medieval Texts in Translation). Catholic University of America Press. pp. 104–105. ISBN 978-0-8132-1358-3. JSTOR j.ctt284wdr.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. ^ Holweck, Frederick George (1924). A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints: With a General Introduction on Hagiology. B. Herder. p. 17.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)