Saint Fortunatus - St. Nicholas' Cathedral - Ljubljana - Statues of Religious Figures on Waymarking.com

A statue of Saint Fortunatus, made of sandstone in 1872 by the sculptor Franc Ksaver Zajec, in the south facade of St. Nicholas' Cathedral.

Fortunatus (d. c. 305), a deacon martyred with Hermagoras of Aquileia.

"Hermagoras and Fortunatus may have been martyrs killed in Singidunum (today's Belgrade). There, around 304 during the religious persecutions led by Emperor Diocletian, Hermagoras, or Hermogenes, was a lector and Fortunatus a deacon. Their relics may have been brought to Aquileia a century later, and that city became the center of their cult as it was at Aquileia that the belief in their apostolic origin arose. Aquileia was one of the first cities in which Christianity could be practised unhindered; the Patriarch of Aquileia was the second most important person of the Western Church after the bishop of Rome.

Hermagoras and Fortunatus have been particularly venerated among the Slovenes because they were Christianised by missionaries from Aquileia. Since 1961, St. Hermagoras and St. Fortunatus have been the secondary patrons of the Archdiocese of Ljubljana, re-established that year; previously, from 1461 until 1961, they were the main patrons of the diocese. In Slovenia, there are altogether seven parish churches and 25 branch churches dedicated to St. Hermagoras and/or St. Fortunatus. The oldest Slovene publishing house, established in 1851, is named the Hermagoras Society (Mohorjeva družba). The village of Šmohor in eastern Slovenia (the Municipality of Laško) is named after St. Hermagoras."

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Associated Religion(s): Christian Statue Location: Niche, South facade of St. Nicholas' Cathedral, Ljubljana Entrance Fee: Free Artist: Franc Ksaver Zajec Website: Not listed

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