What is "abundius"

Saint Abundius (also Abondius, Abundias, or Abbondio; early fifth century – 469) was a Bishop of Como, Northern Italy.

He was born at Thessalonica. Around 448 Abundius became the fourth Bishop of Como, succeeding Amantius. He was present at the Council of Constantinople in 448, and took an active part against the Eutychian heresy at Chalcedon (451), where he was the representative of Pope Leo the Great. In 452 he also took part in the Council of Milan, convened to refute the same heresy. Abundius is one of those to whom the authorship of the Te Deum is occasionally attributed.

The Romanesque church of Sant'Abbondio at Como, consecrated in 1095 by Pope Urban II, is dedicated to him, and his relics are conserved beneath its principal altar.

Abundius ( fl. 451 – 469) was a saint and bishop of Como, Italy.

Abundius is also the name of:

• Abundius and Irenaeus (died 258), saints and martyrs
• Abundius and Abundantius (died 304), saints martyred north of Rome in the Diocletian persecution
• Abundius of Umbria (died 303), saint martyred north of Rome in the Diocletian persecution
• Abundius the Sacristan (died 564), saint and sacristan of St. Peter's Basilica
• Abundius of Córdoba (died 854), 9th century priest, martyr, and saint of Córdoba, Spain
• Abundius of Pietra Montecorvina, saint and martyr of Pietramontecorvino in Apulia
• Abundius of Palestrina, Italian saint