page_title: Bisceglie
section_title: Veneration of the three patron saints
hierarchical_section_title: Bisceglie / Ecclesiastical history / Veneration of the three patron saints
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Antica icona dei tre Santi protettori di Bisceglie. S. Pantaleone (sinistra), S. Mauro (centro), e S. Sergio (destra).
context_page_description: Bisceglie is a city and municipality on the Adriatic Sea of 55,251 inhabitants in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, in the Apulia region, in southern Italy. The city was awarded Blue Flag Beach certification in 2001 for high environmental and quality standards. Scallette and Salsello Beaches were also certified in 2003, 2005 and 2006.
  It is the municipality with the fourth highest population in the province and fourteenth highest in the region.
  It is an important agricultural hub, with manufacturers mainly in the textile industry.
context_section_description: According to the tradition reported by Armando, bishop of Bisceglie, in the time of Emperor Trajan two noble Roman knights, Sergius and Pantalemon, were won over by the words of Maurus of Bethlehem, a bishop preaching Christianity. Having converted to the new faith, the three were arrested and sentenced to death on 27 July 117. After their martyrdom, their remains were transported to the Bisceglie area in the Sagina district, where a Christian widow, Tecla de Fabiis, placed them in a tomb that she had had built. Slowly the worship of the three patron saints began to spread in the newly-formed maritime village of Bisceglie. On 9 June 1167, under the bishop Amando, the sacred relics of the three martyrs were transported inside the walls of Bisceglie, and initially kept in the church of San Fortunato, near the castle. Later the bones were transported to the church of San Bartolomeo and, finally, on 30 July 1167 they were transported to the cathedral of Bisceglie. Here, they were placed in three stone urns under three altars, in a specially constructed crypt.
caption: An icon of the three patron saints
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