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Severus of Vienne
Indian-born French saint
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 8 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
445
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Vienne in Gallia Lugdunensis, now in France, Saint Severus, priest.
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 8 August as a priest of Vienne.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 8 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q108385414 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Severus of Vienne (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.