Baring-Gould’s sources: Ado, Usuardus and Roman Martyrology. Authority: —Mention in the letter of S. Pastor (May 19th) to S. Timothy, priest at Rome, touching SS. Pudentiana and Praxedes, daughter of Pudens.] gMggmiAINT NOVATUS was the son of Pudens the senator, and brother of SS. Timothy, Pudentiana, and Praxedes. After the decease of her q2sSq3 sister Potentiana, the holy virgin Praxedes was greatly afflicted. Many noble Christians came to see her, amongst others, her brother Novatus, “ who ” says S. Pastor, “ supported many Christians with his alms, and often made memorial of you, Timothy, at the altar of the Lord, as did also the holy bishop, Pius. This same Novatus, restrained by sickness, had not visited the virgin Praxedes, his sister, for a year and twentyeight days. One day the holy bishop Pius asked where Novatus was. He was told that Novatus was ill. Then we were all very sorrowful. But the blessed Praxedes said to our hither, S. Pius, ‘Will your blessedness order us all to go and visit him, and our visit and prayers will save him.’ It was decided to do so, and the following night we went with the bishop Pius, and the virgin of the Lord, to Novatus, the man of God. And Novatus, the man of God, having learnt that we were come to see him, gave thanks to God, that he had merited to receive a visit from the holy bishop Pius, and the virgin of the Lord. We tarried with him eight days, and it fell out that Novatus, the man of God, passed to the Lord thirteen days after, to receive the recompense of the heavenly kingdom.” S. GEMMA, V.M.