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Valentinian of Chur
bishop of Chur
SaintResearchedDate unknown
Feast: 7 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Chur, in present-day Switzerland, Saint Valentinian, bishop, who helped the poor, ransomed prisoners and generously clothed the naked.
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 7 January as a bishop of Chur who helped the poor, ransomed prisoners and clothed the naked.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 7 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2114513 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.