Saint Valentin von Rätien

Saint Valentin von Rätien

500–475 · Early Church

Feast day: January 7

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Biography

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. 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.

Patronages

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