Ursus of Ravenna

Saint Ursus
Saint Ursus
	Mosaic portrait of Ursus in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna
Bishop of Ravenna
Born	Sicily
Died	13 April 396; Ravenna
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized	Pre-congregation
Feast	13 April
Patronage	Against faintness and kidney disease

Ursus (Italian: Orso, died 13 April 396) was bishop of Ravenna during the late 4th century.

Biography[edit]

Ursus was born into a noble pagan family in Sicily but fled to Ravenna due to his family's anger with his conversion to Christianity.^[1] He was elected bishop following the death of Liberius III and held the position for 26 years.^[2] He is best known as the founder of the Ravenna Cathedral, which was named Basilica Ursiana in his honor. Ursus's cathedral was demolished and rebuilt in the 18th century.^[3] According to Andreas Agnellus, he died on 13 April on Easter Sunday, and he was buried at the Basilica Ursiana.^[2]

The dates of Ursus's tenure as bishop are a subject of some dispute. While some historians place it at 370–396, with the foundation of the Basilica Ursiana in 385, others place it at c. 405–431 to account for claims that he was directly succeeded by Peter Chrysologus.^[4]

References[edit]

^ Stracke, Richard (2016). "The Saints Named Ursus in Art and their Iconography". www.christianiconography.info. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
^ ^a ^b 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. 118–120. ISBN 978-0-8132-1358-3. JSTOR j.ctt284wdr.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Ravenna" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
^ Hutton, Edward (1913). Ravenna: A Study. New York: E. P. Dutton. pp. 161–163. ISBN 978-1-4142-3287-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

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[1] Stracke, Richard (2016). "The Saints Named Ursus in Art and their Iconography". www.christianiconography.info. Retrieved 2023-07-16.

[Agnellus-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. 118–120. ISBN 978-0-8132-1358-3. JSTOR j.ctt284wdr.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[3] Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Ravenna" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

[4] Hutton, Edward (1913). Ravenna: A Study. New York: E. P. Dutton. pp. 161–163. ISBN 978-1-4142-3287-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

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