Viator of Bergamo

{{Infobox saint | honorific_prefix = Saint |name= Viator of Bergamo |birth_date= |death_date=370 |feast_day= 15 January (14 Dec in Bergamo) |venerated_in= Roman Catholic Church |image= |imagesize= |caption= |birth_place= |death_place=Bergamo |titles= |beatified_date= |beatified_place= |beatified_by= |canonized_date= |canonized_place= |canonized_by= |attributes= |patronage= |major_shrine= |suppressed_date= |issues= }} '''Saint Viator of Bergamo''' ({{langx|it|Viatore di Bergamo}}) (died 370) is venerated as the second bishop of Bergamo. Viator is traditionally considered the successor of Saint Narnus in that see.<ref name="San Viatore di Bergamo">[http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/38050 San Viatore di Bergamo]</ref> Viator's episcopate is considered to have lasted from 343 to 370.<ref name="San Viatore di Bergamo"/>

Viator attended the Council of Sardica (342–343), called to adjust the doctrinal and other difficulties of the Arian controversy. Viator assisted in the composition of decrees there; Saint Athanasius lists him as one of the authors of the decree ''Apologia contra Arianus''.<ref name="San Viatore di Bergamo"/>

==Veneration== Viator's legacy is long lived.<ref name="San Viatore di Bergamo"/> His name appears on calendars dating from the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries; his name appears in a litany dating from the twelfth century.<ref name="San Viatore di Bergamo"/>

Viator was buried in the crypt of a church in Bergamo dedicated to Saint Alexander of Bergamo. When this church was demolished in 1561, Viator's relics, as well as those of Narnus, were translated to the church of San Vincenzo, today the cathedral of Bergamo, where they still rest today.<ref>[http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/38000 San Narno]</ref>

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==External links== *{{in lang|it}} [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/38050 Santi e Beati] *[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1958 Viator of Bergamo]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Viator Of Bergamo}} Category:4th-century Christian saints Category:4th-century Italian bishops Category:Italian saints Category:Bishops of Bergamo Category:370 deaths Category:Year of birth unknown Category:4th-century writers in Latin