06 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, February 15th, is Saints Jovita and Faustinus’ Day, With Footnotes – 46

Saints Jovita and Faustinus were said to be Christian martyrs under Hadrian. Their traditional date of death is 120. They are patron saints of Brescia.

“Jovita” in modern times is a woman’s name. In some accounts the saints were instead Jovinus and Faustinus, brothers.

Tradition states that they were members of a noble family of Brescia in Lombardy (northern Italy). Jovinus, the older brother, was a preacher; Faustinus, a deacon. According to the tradition of Brescia, they preached Christianity fearlessly while their bishop lay in hiding. Their zeal excited the fury of the heathens against them, then they were arrested by a heathen lord called Julian.

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