Valerius Pinianus
husband of Melania the Younger
Feast: 31 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Valerius Pinianus (Pinian; ~ 381 – 420 or 432) in Jerusalem, was a member of a branch of the gens Valeria (gens Valeria Severa) and among the richest men of his time. He was the son of a Roman praefectus urbi and also had a brother named Severus. His life is closely coupled with that of his paternal cousin and wife, Melania the Younger, whom he married sometime between 396 and 400 (year mostly given as 399). After their arrival in Tagaste, North Africa in 410 and Melanias mother (possibly together with Pelagius – the year of their first encounter is sometimes given as 418), Augustine, bishop of Hippo, convinced the couple to dedicate a large part of their wealth to his church.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q40749451 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Valerius Pinianus (CC BY-SA)
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