May 18

Saint Juan I papa

May 18th VI century Mártir Papa

Saint Juan I, Pope and martyr, who, having been sent by the Arian King Theodoric in Embassy to the Emperor Justin in Constantinople, was the first Roman Pontiff who offered the Paschal victim in that Church, but upon his return, arrested in undignified way and thrown in jail by the same Theodoric, perished as victim by Christ Lord in c, in the Flaminia.
Name
Juan (Masculino)
Celebrate
People named Juan use to celebrate 24-Jun:
Saint John the Baptist, nativity
Other saints
Other saints named Juan
Dead
May 18th 0526 in Upsala, in current Italy
Celebration
May 18th