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Valentio
martyr at Silistra
SaintResearchedDate unknown
Feast: 25 April (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 Silistra in Moesia, in present-day Bulgaria, Saints Pasicrates and Valentio, martyrs, who, for professing Christ as the only God, courageously offered their necks to the sword.
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 25 April as a martyr at Silistra in Moesia who professed Christ as the only God and was put to the sword.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 25 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R1102372e — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.