Valentine of Passau
Valentine of Passau | |
|---|---|
 Valentine of Passau | |
| Bishop, Missionary, Venerable | |
| Died | 7 January 475 |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast | 7 January |
| Attributes | bishop preaching to pagans |
| Patronage | convulsions, cramps, epilepsy[1] |
Valentine of Passau (died 7 January 475) was a bishop, abbot, monk, and hermit, who is venerated as a saint in Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism.[2]
Biography
[edit | edit source]He was a papal missionary bishop to Rhaetia (present-day 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][3]
References
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Sources
[edit | edit source]- Nirschl, Joseph (1889). Der heilige Valentin, erster Bischof von Passau und Rhätien: eine historisch-kritische Untersuchung aus dem kirchenhistorischen Seminar der Universität Würzburg. (in German). Mainz: Kirchheim, 1889.
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