St. Genesius of Brescello

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Born: latter 4th century

Died: early 5th century in Brescello, Provincia di Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, relics re-discovered in the walls of an old church during construction of a castle on the land in 968, a church and monastery in his honour was built on the land, and the relics enshrined in the main altar of the abbey church, his arm bone was enshrined in a gilded copper sleeve-shaped reliquary in 1408, relics re-enshrined in the wall of the church of San Mauro which was later renamed the church of Saint Mauro and Genesio, relics re-enshrined in a silver reliquary in the shape of an arm giving a blessing in 1746, relics transferred to the Chapel of the Most Blessed Sacrament in the parish Church of Santa Maria Nascente in Brescello in 1797 when the monastic property was seized by the Cisalpine Republic, relics moved to the nearby Church of the Immaculate Conception in 1830 when the original church was under re-construction, relics re-enshrined in a gold reliquary in the Chapel of the Most Blessed Sacrament in the parish Church of Santa Maria Nascente in Brescello

Patronage: Brescello, Italy.

Also known as Genesius of Brixellum, Genesio

Bishop of Brescello, Italy, possibly the first in this diocese.