St Concordius (1st January)

St Concordius was martyred in the reign of the Emperor Antoninus Pius (138-61) (or alternatively in ca. 175) and was thus one of the protomartyrs of Spoleto.  He was buried "not far from Spoleto, in a place where there was abundant water".

The earliest evidence of the cult of St Concordius arises in relation to what is now the church of San Salvatore, which was first documented in 1064 as the "monasterium sancti concordi".  It was subsequently known as SS Concordio e Senzia (see St Senzius).  The relics of these saints are preserved in an urn (1727) with an identifying inscription that could reproduce an older one.  [Where is the reliquary ??]