Constantius of Capri
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Constantius (born, Antonii de Ripolis;{{cite web|url=http://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cnp00369039|title=Constantius
Biography
Little is known about him except that his body was placed in a barrel: the homilies Sermo de virtute Constantii (BHL 1931) and the Sermo de transito s. Constantii date from the end of the 10th century, when the saint's protection was invoked at Capri and Amalfi against Saracen raiders.A. Hofmeister, "Aus Capri und Amalfi: Der Sermo de virtute und der Sermo de transito s. Constantii und der Sarazenenzug von 991" , 1922). How he came to be on the island is Capri is undocumented and shrouded in legend.{{cite book|last=Andrén|first=Arvid|title=Capri: from the stone age to the tourist age|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dA8MAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=5 July 2012|year=1980|publisher=Paul Åströms förlag|isbn=978-91-85058-98-3|page=92}} In the Catalogus of monk Filippo Ferrari (died 1626), Constantius was described to be "of imperial lineage and Bishop of Constantinople". He may have been the Arian Constantius II who destroyed idols, or a bishop who fled from Africa to Italy.{{cite book|last=Douglas|first=Norman|title=Footnote on Capri|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sjnTAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=5 July 2012|year=1952|publisher=Sidgwick and Jackson|page=19}} The Chiesa di San Costanzo is located between Marina Grande and Anacapri.{{cite book|last1=Ring|first1=Trudy|last2=Salkin|first2=Robert M.|last3=Boda|first3=Sharon La|title=International Dictionary of Historic Places: Southern Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=74JI2UlcU8AC&pg=PA121|accessdate=4 July 2012|date=1 January 1996|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-884964-02-2|pages=121–}} The feast day of St Costanzo is celebrated on May 14 and includes commemoration of his arrival on Capri, which according to tradition, occurred c. 739.{{cite book|last1=Valdes|first1=Giuliano|last2=Fabbri|first2=Patrizia|last3=Lewis|first3=Rhiannon|title=Capri|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GVdKpHjdkLMC&pg=PA8|accessdate=5 July 2012|date=May 2009|publisher=Casa Editrice Bonechi|isbn=978-88-476-0785-9|pages=8–}}
A reliquary at Montevergine contains a bone with the label "Ossa S. Costantio E.C." [Episcopus Confessor].[http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/91868 Santi e beati: "San Costanzo di Capri].