Flavius Gallicanus was a politician of the Roman Empire

Roman Empire

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, consul in 330. He might be identified with the historical character behind the myth of Saint Gallicanus, who died, according the tradition, in 362, and whose day is June 25.

Life

Flavius Gallicanus was consul in 330.

A Gallicanus is known gave for a donation to the church of the Saints Peter, Paul, and John the Baptist in Ostia

Ostia Antica

Ostia Antica is a large archeological site, close to the modern suburb of Ostia , that was the location of the harbour city of ancient Rome, which is approximately 30 km to the northeast. "Ostia" in Latin means "mouth". At the mouth of the River Tiber, Ostia was Rome's seaport, but, due to...

; donated lands were worth 869 solidi

Solidus (coin)

The solidus was originally a gold coin issued by the Romans, and a weight measure for gold more generally, corresponding to 4.5 grams.-Roman and Byzantine coinage:...

per year. This Gallicanus should be identified with Flavius or with Ovinius Gallicanus

Ovinius Gallicanus

Ovinius Gallicanus was a politician of the Roman Empire, probably the first Christian Roman consul.- Life :Gallicanus was a senator and probably a Christian.In 293/300 he was curator Teanum Sicidinum....

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According to the unreliable Acts of Saint Gallicanus (in "Acta SS.", June, VII, 31) he was a distinguished general in the Roman–Persian Wars. After his conversion to Christianity

Christianity

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 he retired to Ostia, founded a hospital and endowed a church built by Constantine I

Constantine I

Constantine the Great , also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine, was Roman Emperor from 306 to 337. Well known for being the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity, Constantine and co-Emperor Licinius issued the Edict of Milan in 313, which proclaimed religious tolerance of all...

. Under Julian the Apostate

Julian the Apostate

Julian "the Apostate" , commonly known as Julian, or also Julian the Philosopher, was Roman Emperor from 361 to 363 and a noted philosopher and Greek writer....

 he was banished to Egypt, and lived with the hermits in the desert. A small church was built in his honour in the Trastevere

Trastevere

Trastevere is rione XIII of Rome, on the west bank of the Tiber, south of Vatican City. Its name comes from the Latin trans Tiberim, meaning literally "beyond the Tiber". The correct pronunciation is "tras-TEH-ve-ray", with the accent on the second syllable. Its logo is a golden head of a lion on a...

 of Rome. His relics are at Rome

Rome

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 in the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle

Sant'Andrea della Valle

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. The legend of his conversion was dramatized by Hrotsvitha.