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Also known as Chromatius of Aquileia

Chromatius (died 406/407 AD) was a bishop of Aquileia.

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Chromatius was a male human born in Aquileia in the year 335. He lived during the Roman Empire and held citizenship in Ancient Rome. His occupations included serving as a writer, a Catholic priest, and a Catholic bishop. He also held the positions of archbishop and bishop. He spoke and wrote in Latin.

He died on January 1, 407, in Grado. He is recognized as a saint within the Catholic Church. His feast day is observed on December 2. Eleven of his works are recorded in available sources. He is described by the Pauly–Wissowa encyclopedia.

Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Europeana Sparql. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
fl. 387
Died
407
Works
6

Top works

  • Sermons
  • Catechesi al popolo
  • Chromatii Aquileiensis opera
  • Commento al Vangelo di Matteo
  • Sermoni liturgici

via Open Library + Wikidata

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
12

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Chromatius">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Chromatius

Key facts

Saint.honorific_prefix
Saint
Saint.name
Chromatius
Saint.birth_date
4th Century
Saint.death_date
406/407
Saint.feast_day
2 December
Saint.venerated_in
Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox Church
Saint.image
Thür St. Johannes 16.JPG
Saint.imagesize
120px
Saint.caption
Saint Sebastianus and Saint Chromatius
Saint.birth_place
Aquileia

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Ancient Rome
Place of birth
Aquileia
Place of death
Grado
Occupation
Catholic bishop
Languages spoken
Latin
Image
Thür St. Johannes 16.JPG
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canonization status
saint
date of death
0407-01-01
time period
Roman Empire
Commons category
Chromatius
described by source
Pauly–Wissowa
feast day
December 2
date of birth
0335-00-00
writing language
Latin
Sources (6)

via Wikidata · CC0

Works in European collections

11 objects attributed to Chromatius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

~3 min read

Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Career
  • Editions and Translations
  • References
  • External links

Chromatius (died 406/407 AD) was a bishop of Aquileia.

He was probably born at Aquileia, and grew up there. His father died when Chromatius was an infant. He was raised by his mother and his large group of older siblings.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chromatius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.