alpine church

#falladventures Life and Mission: He was a Roman patrician educated in Athens who became a zealous missionary, working to convert pagans and Arians in the Alpine regions. He is said to have founded around thirty parishes in his diocese. Martyrdom: According to tradition, his fervent anti-idolatry stance led to his death. After celebrating Mass and overturning a statue of the god Saturn into the Sarca River, an angry mob of locals stoned him to death around the year 405 AD.