Valentine of Passau

Saint 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

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

1. Baring-Gould, Sabine (1898). "The Lives of the Saints". The Lives of the Saints.
2. "Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome". www.orthodoxengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
3. "Saint Valentine of Passau". 7 January 2013.

Sources

• 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.