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Athanasius I (bishop of Naples)

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413: 425: 437: 180:. Athanasius led a life of austerity and prayer, and was particular concerned with the proper education and training of the clergy in his diocese. He oversaw the restoration of the monastery of the Most Holy Saviour, and established a monastery dedicated to Sts. Januarius and Agrippinus. He also established a hospice for pilgrims, and set up a process for ransoming prisoners captured by the Saracens. 401: 290: 265: 352: 249:, Athanasius died at Veroli, and was buried at Monte Cassino. His body was afterwards translated to the Cathedral of Naples. 472: 302: 482: 238:, admiral of the Neapolitan fleet, who similarly opposed his closeness to the Aghlabids, Caesar died in prison. 222:
Before dying, Sergius bade Gregory to follow the counsel of his brother the bishop. Gregory did, but his son,
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and not quite twenty years old when he became Bishop of Naples in 849, at the same time his brother,
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from 850 to his death. This Athanasius should not be confused with his nephew,
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Before the Normans: Southern Italy in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries
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The bishop was exiled to a small island, only to be rescued by
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ships sent by the Emperor Louis. While travelling to
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Athanasius was an intimate of both the court of the
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Confessor
Bishop of Naples
Naples
Duchy of Naples
Veroli
Bishopric of Veroli
Roman Catholic Church
Canonized
shrine
Naples Cathedral
Naples
Italy
Feast
Patronage
Naples
Italy
bishop of Naples
Athanasius II
Sergius I of Naples
Gregory
Pope Leo IV
Western Emperor
Pope
familiaris
Lothair I
Louis II
Papal legate
Roman curia
Sergius II
Aghlabids

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