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Severus of Barcelona
Spanish bishop and saint
SaintResearchedAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 6 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
201
Died
304
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Barcelona in Spain, Saint Severus, bishop, who, as tradition has it, received the crown of martyrdom.
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 6 November as a bishop of Barcelona who, as tradition has it, received the crown of martyrdom.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 6 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2074676 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Severus of Barcelona (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.