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Today (12. September) is the feast day of:
Silvinus of Verona (ca. 550?). S. was an early bishop of Verona,
preserved in memory through that see's _series episcoporum_ and
celebrated locally on this day since at least the later Middle Ages. He
entered the RM before Baronio took charge of it and continued to be
listed therein until its latest revision (2001). An _elogium_ for S.
first printed in the sixteenth century from Veronese diocesan sources
tells us that he was especially active in preaching the faith, gaining
in the process a large number of conversts, that he gave generously to
the poor, and that he was so given to prayer and fasting that these
seemed to be his regular enjoyments. It also tells us that he was
buried in Verona's church of St. Stephen. Even that last datum is
suspect, as it may depend on nothing more than a confusion of S. with
Verona's St. Salvinus (another early bishop), who is known to have been
buried in what is now Santo Stefano.
Verona's Chiesa di Santo Stefano is a largely twelfth-century church,
with a tenth-century apse and crypt (employing eighth-century columns
and capitals) and with perimeter walls surviving from a fifth- or
sixth-century predecessor of the same dedication. An illustrated,
Italian-language account of it is here:
http://www.verona.com/index.cfm?Page=Guida§ion=luoghi&id=577
A view showing a portion of the early outer walls:
http://tinyurl.com/gwdfr
A view of the ambulatory in the apse:
http://tinyurl.com/lmzfr
Best,
John Dillon
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