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Juventius of Pavia
priest
SaintResearchedAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 8 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
300
Died
400
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Pavia, Saint Juventius, bishop, who laboured strenuously for the Gospel.
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 8 February as a bishop of Pavia who laboured strenuously for the Gospel.
Connected on this site
- Syrus of Pavia Saint“Together with Syrus of Pavia, he was sent to Pavia by Saint Hermagoras to evangelize the city, founding a bishopric there.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 8 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q937601 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Juventius of Pavia (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.