Magnus was Archbishop of Milan from 518 to c. 530. He is honoured as a saint

Saint

A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...

 in the Catholic Church.

Life

Almost nothing is known about the life and the episcopate of Magnus. Magnus lived under the Arian

Arian

Arian may refer to:* Arius, a Christian presbyter in the 3rd and 4th century* a given name in different cultures: Aria, Aryan or Arian...

 king Theodoric the Great

Theodoric the Great

Theodoric the Great was king of the Ostrogoths , ruler of Italy , regent of the Visigoths , and a viceroy of the Eastern Roman Empire...

, who probably at first supported him, but later persecuted him as already happened for the philosopher Boethius.

What is surely known, is the text of his funeral epitaph

Epitaph

An epitaph is a short text honoring a deceased person, strictly speaking that is inscribed on their tombstone or plaque, but also used figuratively. Some are specified by the dead person beforehand, others chosen by those responsible for the burial...

, transmitted us by Goffredo da Bussero (13th century), which describes Magnus as a men of great charity who helped the prisoners of war.

Magnus died in 530, on the 1 December. His remains were interred in the Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio

Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio

The Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio is a church in Milan, northern Italy. It was for many years an important centre for pilgrims on their journey to Rome or to the Holy Land, because it was the site of the tomb of the Three Magi or Three Kings....

 in Milan. A late tradition, with no historical basis, associates Magnus with the Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

ese family of the Trincheri.

Veneration

The first formal survey on his relics was made in 1248 by the Domenicans

Dominican Order

The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...

 who ministered to the Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio. The main church of the town of Legnano

Legnano

Legnano is an Italian town and comune with 59.147 inhabitants in the province of Milan, about from Milan.It's crossed by the river Olona, and it's the 13th town for inhabitants in Lombardy....

, about 20 km (12 mi) from Milan, is dedicated to Magnus. The Basilica di San Magno of Legnano was built between 1503 and 1513 and a part of relics of Magnus were translated

Translation (relics)

In Christianity, the translation of relics is the removal of holy objects from one locality to another ; usually only the movement of the remains of the saint's body would be treated so formally, with secondary relics such as items of clothing treated with less ceremony...

 there on 5 November 1900. His feast is celebrated on November 5 in such basilica and together all the saint bishops of Milan on 25 September.