[1] Justus was a disciple of Saint Paul who, on his way to Rome, was shipwrecked at Salento, on the beach of San Cataldo.

They were whipped and incarcerated, but later went to Corinth, where Orontius met Saint Paul, and was confirmed as the first bishop of Lecce, and Fortunatus his successor.

The representative of Nero, Antoninus, imprisoned Orontius and Fortunatus, threatening to kill them if they did not reject their new religion.

They were finally arrested again by Antoninus and executed with an axe three kilometers from Lecce, on 26 August.

He is also believed to have hidden in a cave near Ostuni, and was patron saint of that city too, and a church and sanctuary were dedicated to him there, and the procession known as Cavalcata di Sant'Oronzo is still celebrated there.