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Saint Calepodius of Rome

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Priest. Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Alexander Severus. One of the Roman catacombs is named for him.

stabbed with a sword c.232 in Rome, Italy
his body was dragged through the streets of Rome and then thrown into the River Tiber
body later recovered and given proper burial by Pope Callistus I
relics enshrined in the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome in the 10th century
some relics enshrined in the church of Notre-Dame de Reims, Rheims, France