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Today (27. June) is also the feast day of:
Deodatus (or Adeodatus; 5th/6th cent.). Today's less well known saint from
the Regno is a supposed bishop of Nola once thought on the basis of his
brief Vita (BHL no. 2135) to have been Paulinus' successor in that see
(dying in 473) but who seems to have been stricken fairly recently from the
episcopal catalogue of that diocese. His sarcophagus, carved out of a
single block of marble, survives at Cimitile (the site of Paulinus'
basilica honoring St. Felix); this gives him the title of archpriest. It's
not clear to me what his official status is today; in some calendars he has
been replaced by St. Adeodatus of Naples (traditionally venerated on 1
October, in accordance with his listing on that city's Marble
Calendar). There is a brief article on him by Pietro Burchi in the
_Bibliotheca Sanctorum_, vol. 4 (1964), cols. 571-72.
Cimitile (NA), famous for its basilicas, was once a cemetery; hence the
name. A brief touristic summary is here:
http://www.meridies-nola.org/cimitile/
And a couple of Italian-language sites with photographs are here:
http://www.campaniafelix.it/cf_viaggi/i%20luoghi%20dell'arte/complesso_basil
icale_di_cimitile.htm
http://www.thenetnola.it/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=61
For a plan of the basilicas showing the present location of D's (A.'s)
sarcophagus, see Dieter Korol, "Testimonianze archeologiche della
venerazione di Paolino a Cimitile tra il V ed il X/XI secolo," in Gennaro
Luongo, ed., Anchora vitae. _Atti del II Convegno paoliniano nel XVI
centenario del ritiro di Paolino a Nola (Nola-Cimitile 18-20 maggio 1995)_
(Napoli, Roma: LER, 1998), pp. 105-19, fig. 1 (after p. 112).
For a piece of Italian-language Arthurian speculation concerning Cimitile
("Is A. buried here?"), see Francesco Santoianni, "Re Artu': da Camelot a
Cimitile," at:
http://www.francescosantoianni.it/cimitile.htm
(This originally appeared in _Il Mattino_, Naples' still reasonably
distinguished daily newspaper).
Watch out, folks: Arthur/Artorius may have been Campanian!
Best,
John Dillon
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