Saint Cetteus

During the pontificate of Gregory the Great, in the year 590, Saint Cetteus was a bishop in the city of Pescara.  He is now widely known as the Patron Saint of Pescara. 

As legend has it, he was a humanitarian who refused to stay as bishop in Amiternum due to the occupation by two Lombards, Alai and Umbolus.  He only returned after Gregory the Great made promises that the two Lombards would be kind to the people of Amiternum.   Due to a dispute about who occupied the city Umbolus incarcerated Alai and ordered that Cetteus be killed.   Cetteus then had a large stone tied around his neck and was thrown off a bridge into the Aterno-Pescara river.   His body was found by fisherman in Pescara, and they buried him in the church that was to be named after him, San Cetteus.

The story of Saint Cetteus is somewhat legendary, but many accounts have pointed to many believing that it could be largely true.  On October 10^th of each year, there is a feast held in Pescara to commemorate their famous Saint.

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