death_date attributes feast_day imagesize patronage titles article_title name
~ 381 ad a blackbird june relics ; in genoa -rrb- 29 ; july 7 -lrb- translation of his 250px genoa bishop of genoa syrus of genoa
 saint syrus of genoa
syrus of genoa

saint syrus of genoa -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- died june 29 , 381 -rrb- was a priest and later bishop of genoa during the fourth century ad .
born at struppa , he had a reputation for holiness and zeal .
he died at an advanced age of natural causes and was buried in the city .
he is the main patron of the city of genoa .
one tradition states that he succeeded st. romulo , another that he was succeeded by him .
st. lawrence cathedral , founded probably in the 5th or 6th century ad , was originally dedicated to syrus .
later a church devoted to the twelve apostles was built , which was in turn flanked and replaced by a new cathedral dedicated to st. lawrence martyr , in romanesque style .
