Julius of Novara

thumb|Julius of Novara Julius of Novara (in Italian: Giulio di Orta), also Julius of Aegina (died 401 AD) was a missionary priest to northern Italy. Quotes about The two patron saints of the Riviera, Julius and Julian, boast a literature. Their memory is linked to the events of the Riviera, basilicas, churches, traditions, forms of worship, and various aspects of life in the Cusio area. Summarizing their lives we will say that the two brothers were born around 330 AD on the Hellenic island of Aegina. Julius became a priest and Julian a deacon. Around 377 they left Greece and, during a shipwreck, reached the mouth of the Danube safely during the time of Theodosius the Great, who entrusted them with an imperial rescript with the power to spread Christianity. After a stop in Rome at Salvie Waters, now the Tre Fontane, they would pass through Romagna, the Naples area, the Abruzzi, then into the territory of Novara, stopping in Vercelli, Novara, on the banks of the Verbano, on Lake Orta. [...] Once in Gozzano Giuliano stopped there and Giulio passed by the deserted island of the lake, populated only by snakes and brushwood, arriving there, according to legend, on his cloak lying on the waters, after drinking at the spring of Casario where he wanted to drink in 1573 S. Charles. Nino Bazzetta de Vemenia, Guida del Lago d'Orta e Valle Strona, Edizioni Abele Preda, Milano, 1930, pp. 37-38. External links Category:4th century births Category:5th century deaths Category:Roman Catholic priests Category:Missionaries Category:Catholic saints