Vitalian's cult spread across the
Campania. Around 716 AD, his body was
translated from Monte Vergine to Benevento under Bishop John (Giovanni) of Benevento, although some scholars state that it was moved around 914 AD due to
Moorish incursions. In 1122,
Pope Callistus II donated some of his relics to Catanzaro. He was sometimes confused with
Vitalian of Osimo, causing identical feast days for both saints. In 1311 Pietro Ruffo, Count of Catanzaro, built a chapel in the cathedral of the city that carried the saint's relics; it was rebuilt in 1583 by bishop Nicolò Orazio. The
Calendario Marmoreo ("marble calendar") of
Naples, built in the 9th century, lists this saint under 3 September. ==Notes==