Athanasius led a life of austerity and prayer, and was particular concerned with the proper education and training of the clergy in his diocese.
He also established a hospice for pilgrims, and set up a process for ransoming prisoners captured by the Saracens.
He was a familiaris of emperors Lothair I and Louis II and was made a Papal legate because of his connections with the Roman curia.
He persecuted Athanasius, who was opposed to the alliance with the Aghlabids of Sicily,[2] and took possession of the treasures of the cathedral.
[1] He is regarded among Roman Catholics as the co-patron saint of the city of Naples, and his feast day is 15 July.