Valentine of Passau
Valentine of Passau | |
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![]() Valentine of Passau | |
Died | 7 January 475 |
Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Feast | January 7 |
Attributes | bishop preaching to pagans |
Patronage | convulsions, cramps, epilepsy[1] |
Valentine of Passau (died 7 January 475) was a monk, abbot, bishop, and hermit. He was a papal missionary bishop to Rhaetia (present Switzerland, Bavaria, Tyrol, and South Tyrol); and among the first patrons of Passau. He finally lived as a hermit in Zenoburg, Merano, South Tyrol, northern Italy.[2]
References[]
- ^ Baring-Gould, Sabine (1898). "The Lives of the Saints". The Lives of the Saints.
- ^ "Saint Valentine of Passau". January 7, 2013.
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- Raetia
- 475 deaths
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- 5th-century bishops in the Roman Empire
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