Indaletius
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Saint Indaletius () is venerated as the patron saint of Almería, Spain. Tradition makes him a Christian missionary of the 1st century, during the Apostolic Age. He evangelized the town of Urci (today Pechina), near the present-day city of Almería, and became its first bishop. He may have been martyred at Urci.
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Vinony's link graph records 17 inbound references to Indaletius, and connects out to Seven Apostolic Men, Spain and Spanish.
It is catalogued under topics including 1st-century Christian martyrs and Saints from Hispania.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Seven Apostolic Men
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Caspe
- Occupation
- presbyter
- Position held
- bishop
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
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Saint Indaletius () is venerated as the patron saint of Almería, Spain. Tradition makes him a Christian missionary of the 1st century, during the Apostolic Age. He evangelized the town of Urci (today Pechina), near the present-day city of Almería, and became its first bishop. He may have been martyred at Urci.
He is one of the group of Seven Apostolic Men (siete varones apostólicos), seven Christian clerics ordained in Rome by Saints Peter and Paul and sent to evangelize Spain. Besides Indaletius, this group includes Sts. Torquatus, Caecilius, Ctesiphon, Euphrasius, Hesychius, and Secundius (Torcuato, Cecilio, Tesifonte, Eufrasio, Hesiquio y Segundo).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Indaletius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.