St Himerius (June 17th)

St Himerius (Sant’ Imerico) was a respected Bishop of Amelia who died in ca. 570.  His relics were translated to the Duomo of Amelia in ca. 862.

In 1195, the commune gave (or more probably sold) the relics to Bishop Sicard of Cremona, and they were interred with great ceremony in the Duomo there.  

(Bishop Sicard also arranged for the canonisation of a local layman, St Homobonus in 1199, and the Duomo of Cremona was then re-dedicated to both saints.  This seems to have been part of a political campaign to woo the people of Cremona away from their traditional allegiance to the Hohenstauffen Emperors).

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