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Severus of Naples
bishop of Naples
SaintResearchedAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 29 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
301
Died
409
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Naples, Saint Severus, bishop, loved by Saint Ambrose as a brother and by his Church as a father.
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 29 April as a bishop of Naples loved by Saint Ambrose as a brother and by his Church as a father.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 29 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1054025 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Severus of Naples (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.