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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 7650311, member: 89314&quot;]ST. CONSTANTIUS</p><p><br /></p><p>Italy CARMAGNOLA&nbsp; Michele Antonio di Saluzzo&nbsp; Cornuto n.d. (1504-28)</p><p><br /></p><p>The cult of Saint Constantius was linked with that of the Theban Legion,who had converted en masse to Christianity and were martyred together in 286, to lend antiquity to a local saint about whom nothing was really known. According to this legend, Constantius survived the decimation of his Legion and fled to the Val Maira with some other survivors. They dedicated themselves to preaching the Christian religion. Constantius was eventually beheaded by the Romans on Monte San Bernardo, where a sanctuary dedicated to him was built in Villar, known as San Costanzo al Monte, which became a place of pilgrimage. Monsignor Tornabuoni, bishop of Saluzzo, declared Chiaffredo patron of his diocese during a synod of 1516, with Constantius as co-patron.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1315393[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1315394[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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