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Florinus of Remüs
9th-century Christian saint
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 17 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
650
Died
856
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Ramosch in Raetia, in the territory of present-day Switzerland, Saint Florinus, priest, who faithfully attended to the care of his parish.
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 17 November as a priest at Ramosch who faithfully cared for his parish.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 17 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q327304 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Florinus of Remüs (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.