[1] Constantius had visited Rimini in 357, and commissioned the praetorian prefect, Taurus, to prepare the city for the council; the location was likely chosen because local clergy were sympathetic to Arianism.
[4] It was hosted in the Cathedral of Santa Colomba, no longer extant, with Arian supporters worshipping at a chapel, traditionally reported to be a downtrodden area near the Arch of Augustus, known as la Gajana, renowned for its prostitutes.
[3] In a series of judgments lasting until 21 July 359, the council unanimously approved the Nicene Creed, condemning as heretics the Arian bishops Ursacius, Valens, Germinius, Auxentius, Gaius of Illyricum, and Demophilus.
[2] On 10 October 359 in Nike, Restitutus of Carthage [it] and other majority envoys accepted a revision of the Dated Creed.
[7][10][9] Once it seemed certain that the Arians would lose,[7][10] or to flee violence in the city,[11] with seventeen other bishops, Gaudentius retreated to a nearby town,[7][10] which tradition says was renamed Cattolica (lit.
On one account, he was charged with condemning Arianism;[10] in another, his miracles led him to be accused of the deaths in close succession of two imperial troops.
[6][13] He was killed in a marshy area south of the city's Arch of Augustus, which became known as Lacus Martyrum (Lake of the Martyr); it is believed to be the etymology of Via Lagomaggio and Rimini's eponymous suburb.
[7][13] The account of Gaudentius' participation in the Council of Ariminum is considered inconsistent with earlier legends about his life.