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Severus of Ravenna

bishop of Ravenna

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 1 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
300
Died
340
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Severus of Ravenna was a 4th-century Bishop of Ravenna who attended the Council of Sardica in 343. He was ordained as a bishop due to his personal virtue and because of "the sign of a dove". He is commemorated on February 1.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

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