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Severin of Cologne
German bishop and saint
SaintResearchedAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 23 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
400
Died
403
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Cologne in Germany, commemoration of Saint Severinus, bishop, worthy of praise in every virtue.
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 October as a bishop of Cologne worthy of praise in every virtue.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 23 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q569537 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Severin of Cologne (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.