Ceccardus of Luni
9th-century Italian bishop and martyr, Catholic saint, patron of Carrara and bishop of Luni
Feast: 16 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Ceccardus of Luni (died 860), otherwise San Ceccardo, was a bishop of Luni in Liguria, Italy, who was believed to have been killed by Vikings (Bjorn Ironside and Hastein, probably in 860 when they sacked the city of Luni.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
- Wikidata Q775270 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ceccardus of Luni (CC BY-SA)
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