sentences:  He is patron of an old church on the Monte Soratte, near which a town, Sant'Oreste, is named after him.The first mention of Sant’Oreste is made by Benedict of Soracte in his "Chronicon" in 747 AD, in which he mentions "Curtis Sancii Heristi".One source states that the toponym derives from the family of the Aristi or Edisti.