Jan 01

Saint Fulgencio

January 1st VII century Monje Obispo

Ruspe, city of Bizacena (now Tunisia), saint Fulgencio, Bishop, who after having been Bizacena Prosecutor, embraced the monastic life and made bishop, during the persecution by the Vandals suffered much because of the Arians and was exiled to Sardinia by King Trasamundo. Return to Ruspe, he devoted the rest of his life to nourish its faithful with words of grace and truth (c. 632).
Name
Fulgencio (Masculino)
Other saints
Other saints named Fulgencio
Dead
in Ruspe, in current Tunisia
Celebration
January 1st