Gaudentius of Rimini

Gaudentius of Rimini (, sometimes spelled ) ( – 14 October 360) was a bishop of Rimini, who is venerated as a martyred saint in the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church.

The accounts of Gaudentius' life vary. According to one account, Gaudentius was born in Ephesus in around 280 AD, consecrated as a bishop in Rome, and sent to preach in (Rimini). He founded an early Christian community in the city, in around 280 AD. where he was baptised, became a priest, and was consecrated as a bishop. Some sources claim that Gaudentius also ordained Leo of Montefeltro, after whom San Leo is named, as priest. in another, he was stoned to death for perduellio.

Gaudentius was martyred on 14 October 360. Piada dei morti, a sweet focaccia topped with raisins, almonds, walnuts, and pine nuts, is typically tasted as part of the festivities, despite being proper to All Souls' Day.

Gaudentius is also the patron saint of Ostra, in the Marche region, Garaguso, in Basilicata, and Montefabbri, a hamlet of Vallefoglia, in the Marche.

Relics With the incursion of barbarian invaders, in 590, The sculpture was restored to its original appearance by sculptor Filogenio Fabbri in 1939, restoring the three fingers of the right hand raised in an act of blessing, and the keys to the city in the left hand. Restoration in the winter of 2003–04 discovered that the triregnum had been engraved with 'Year XVI of the Fascist Era'.

Alessandro Bornacci's etching Il Conciabolo in Rimino (1820) depicts Gaudentius as part of the camp defending the Nicene faith at the Council of Ariminum, being attacked by imperial guards.