 It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Genoa.Legend makes Albenga the scene of the martyrdom of Calocerus of Brescia (Calogero), an officer of the court of Hadrian, between the years 121 and 125.But the "Acts" of his martyrdom, together with those of Faustinus and Jovita with which they are incorporated, have no historical foundation.