saint
St Innocent of Alaska
Святитель Иннокентий, митрополит Московский
Russian Orthodox missionary priest (1797–1879), the first Orthodox bishop resident in the Americas. Evangelised the Aleut and Tlingit peoples, devised a Cyrillic-based alphabet for Aleut, translated portions of Scripture and the Liturgy into Aleut. Consecrated Bishop of Kamchatka, the Kuriles, and the Aleutian Islands 1840; Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna 1868. Glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church 1977 as 'Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to America.' Feast day 31 March (repose) and 6 October (glorification).
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(1), a bishop of Verona, 'of extremely uncertain date, like almbst all the' early bishops of that city. Thé Bollandists place' him in the 4th or 5th century. (Acta SS. 14 Mart. ii. 3485 'Ughelli,' Ital: Suer.-v. 575 § Cappelletti,: Le Chiese d'Ital. x. 746 3/ Biancolini, Vescovi di Verona, pt. ti, 21), 0) " *(R. SoG.)
(2),said to have been bishop. of Justiniana in Africa, in the fourth. century, just after the persecution of Diocletian, His. apocryphal life is related in. a.' legendary" of the church of Gaeta printed by the Bollandists. (Acta SS. 7. Mai. ii. 138) with.conjectures. by Papebroch,, who thinks, that Justiniana " (not; otherwise known in Africa) may have been Adrumetyum. . When he had béen seven' years. a bishop in Africa he crossed over to Italy and settled at Capratia near Terracina, where. he-died on May 7. His body was afterwards re- moved to the church of St. Mary at" Cajeta. (Moreelli, Afr. Christ. i: 68.) + PROSE]:
(8), bishop of Dertona (Tor-- tona), between Meliodorus and John, A.D, 318~ 342 (Cappelletti), or 326-353 (Ughelli). He: was the son of Quintius, a Roman 'noble, and! his wife Innocentia; was born at Dertona, fled to Rome at the time of Diocletian's persecution, and was there ordained by Sylvester, and subsequently appointed by him bishop of Dertona. (Acta SS. 17 April. ii. 4825; Ughelli, Ztal. Sacr. iv. 853 ; Cappelletti, Le Chigse d'Ital. xiii. 669.) Gos GMT Saas Gy"