St. Maximian of Syracuse
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Death: 594
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Benedictine bishop, trained by St. Gregory I the Great at St. Andrew's Abbey in Rome. He was born on the island of Sicily and went to Rome. There he served as apocrisarius, or ambassador, to Constantinople for Popes Pelagius and St. Gregory. He became the bishop of Syracuse and delegate to Sicily, where he died.