Saint Paris

[2] Pious legends say that Paris was born in Athens, Greece and was the apostle and first bishop of Teano.

[3] Another version says that when he arrived in town, the people were engaged in a pagan ritual honoring a snake god.

Paris challenge the cult by capturing the monster with the help of a stick and leading him to die along the Savone river.

The original cathedral, San Paride ad Fontem ("Saint Paris at the Spring") was erected at that location and dedicated to him.

Built over a Roman cistern, it was named ad Fontem because the low ground once had a spring at which Paris preached.