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Servulus of Rome
Italian Roman Catholic saint
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 23 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
590
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Rome, commemoration of Saint Servulus, who, lying paralysed from childhood under the portico of the church of San Clemente, always sought, as Saint Gregory writes, to give thanks to God even in his sufferings, and gave to the poor all that he collected in alms.
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 23 December as a paralysed beggar of San Clemente in Rome who gave thanks to God and gave his alms to the poor.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 23 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q108525593 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Servulus of Rome (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.