Saint Indaletius () is venerated as the
patron saint
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of
Almería
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,
Spain
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. Tradition makes him a
Christian
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missionary of the 1st century, during the
Apostolic Age
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. He evangelized the town of
Urci (today
Pechina
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), near the present-day city of Almería, and became its first bishop. He may have been martyred at Urci.
He is one of the group of
Seven Apostolic Men
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(''siete varones apostólicos''), seven Christian clerics ordained in
Rome
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by Saints
Peter
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and
Paul
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and sent to evangelize Spain. Besides Indaletius, this group includes Sts.
Torquatus,
Caecilius,
Ctesiphon
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,
Euphrasius,
Hesychius, and
Secundius (''Torcuato, Cecilio, Tesifonte, Eufrasio, Hesiquio y Segundo'').
Veneration
In 1084, emissaries of
Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragon and Navarre translated
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Indaletius’ relics to
San Juan de la Peña near
Jaca
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against the will of the Christian communities in
Seville
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and Urci. Some of his relics still rest in an urn in the main altar of the
cathedral of Jaca.
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Other relics associated with Indaletius are claimed to have been placed below the altar of the
Cathedral of Almería and at the Conciliar Seminary of San Indalecio de Almería (''Seminario Conciliar de San Indalecio de Almería'').
References
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