Agnellus
Life and witness
At Naples, in Campania, of St. Agnellus, abbot, famous for the grace of miracles, who has been often seen with the standard of the cross to deliver that city besieged from the enemies.
Biographical overview
Agnellus of Naples (Italian: Agnello) or Aniello the Abbot (535, Naples - 14 December 596, Naples) was a Basilian monk and later Augustinian friar. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church, with a feast day on 14 December, the date of his death.
Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
Neapoli, in Campania, sancti Agnelli Abbatis, virtute miraculorum illustris, qui obsessam urbem saepe visus est Crucis vexillo ab hostibus liberare.