Prosper of Reggio

Saint Prosper of Reggio
Giovanni Soncini, The Virgin Mary with the Baby Jesus, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, and Saint Prosper, 16th century.
Died	c. 466 AD
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Major shrine	Reggio Emilia
Feast	25 June; 24 November (Reggio Emilia)
Attributes	Book; model of Reggio Emilia; episcopal dress
Patronage	Reggio Emilia

Prosper of Reggio (Italian: San Prospero; died 25 June c. 466) is an Italian saint. Tradition holds that he was a bishop of Reggio Emilia for twenty-two years. Little is known of his life, but documents attest that he was indeed bishop of Reggio Emilia in the fifth century.^[1]

Remembered for his sense of charity, he is the patron saint of Reggio Emilia, although its cathedral is not dedicated to him. Instead, the church of San Prospero, which Prosper himself had built and dedicated to Saint Apollinaris, commemorates his episcopate. He died at Reggio Emilia.