Defended the faith against Arianism to the point of martyrdom

St. Aquilinus

                                 

St. Aquilinus

Feastday: January 29
Patron of hotel porters (facchini) in Milan

Aquilinus was born in Bavaria. He left his native land to avoid being made a bishop, went to Italy and settled in Milan. A vigorous opponent of Arianism, he was so effective in his preaching against the heresy that a group of Arians murdered him. He died in 650. His feast day is January 29th.