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Florentius of Reims
deacon and martyr at Reims
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Feast: 14 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Reims in Belgic Gaul, in present-day France, the passion of Saint Nicasius, bishop, who together with his sister Eutropia, a virgin consecrated to Christ, the deacon Florentius and Jucundus was killed during a raid by some pagans before the door of the basilica he had himself founded.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 14 December as the deacon killed at Reims with Saint Nicasius during a raid by pagans.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 14 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R678fbcd6 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.