Saint Glycerius

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For the Nicomedian saint, see Glycerius of Nicomedia. For the 17th century saint, see Glycerius Landriani (Glicerio Landriani).

Saint Glycerius
Epigraph for Saint Glycerius, bishop of Milan, reconstructed from the fragments of the original stone, in the left-hand transept of San Nazaro Maggiore basilica in Milan.
Died	~437
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Feast	September 20^[1]
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Saint Glycerius (Italian: San Glicerio, Clicerio) was a 5th century bishop of Milan. He was bishop of Milan from ca. 435 to ca. 437.

[edit] St. Glycerius and Emperor Glycerius

Saint Glycerius has been identified as the Glycerius (c. 420 - after 480) who was one of the last of the Western Roman Emperors (reigned 473-474). Accounts concerning the emperor's later life are mixed.

According to the chronicler Marcellinus Comes, "The Caesar Glycerius, who held the imperial power at Rome, was deposed from power at the port of the city of Rome [i.e. Ostia] by Nepos, son of the sister of the former patrician Marcellinus. From Caesar he was ordained a bishop, and he died."^[2]

John of Antioch and Jordanes both write that Emperor Glycerius became bishop of Salona after Nepos took Rome, captured Glycerius without a fight and, having stripped him of royalty, appointed him to this see.^[3]

Malchus (apud. Photius 78) implies that Glycerius was involved in the conspiracy to murder Nepos in 480 even after he became a bishop.^[4]

Some sources state that Odovacar made Glycerius bishop of Milan.^[5]