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Valentin von Rätien
monk and abbot venerated in the Catholic Church
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Feast: 7 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
500
Died
475
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Valentine of Passau (died 7 January 475) was a bishop, abbot, monk, and hermit, who is venerated as a saint in Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Sources
- Wikidata Q2367577 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Valentine of Passau (CC BY-SA)
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