Facundus and Primitivus

St. Primitivus is also the name of one of St. Symphorosa's sons.
Saints Facundus and Primitivus
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Facundus and Primitivus
Procession statues in Las Quintanillas, Spain
Martyrs
BornLeón, Spain
Died300 AD
near present-day Sahagún, Spain
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church,
Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast27 November

Saints Facundus (Spanish: Facundo) and Primitivus (Spanish: Primitivo) are venerated as Christian martyrs. According to tradition, they were Christian natives of León who were tortured and then beheaded on the banks of the River Cea. According to an account of their martyrdom, after the two saints were beheaded, lac et sanguis (“milk and blood”) gushed from their necks.

Veneration

The town of Sahagún arose around the Benedictine monastery dedicated to the two saints. The name Sahagún putatively derives from an abbreviation and variation on the name San Fagun ("Saint Facundus").

The 12th century work known as The Guide for the Pilgrim to Santiago de Compostela states: Item, visitanda sunt corpora beatorum martirum Facundi scilitet et Primitivi, quorum basilicam Karolus fecit (“Furthermore, the bodies of Facundus and Primitivus must be visited, whose basilica was constructed by Charlemagne.”).


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