Valerian of Abbenza
Christian saint
Feast: 15 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Valerian (377–457) was bishop of Abbenza in North Africa, probably Dioecesis Zabensis.(it) He was martyred in 457 when he refused to surrender the sacred vessels of his church to the Vandals led by Arian king Geiseric, who outlawed him, notwithstanding his great age, eighty years. Valerian was driven out of the city and left to die of exposure. His feast day is celebrated on December 15.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q1262408 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Valerian of Abbenza (CC BY-SA)
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