Venantius of Camerino
saint
Feast: 18 May (1962 Missal, III class) · not on the current Roman calendar
Who they were
Venantius of Camerino (Italian: San Venanzio, also known as Saint Wigand) (died 18 May 251 or 253) is the patron saint of Camerino, Italy and Raiano, Italy. Christian tradition holds that he was a 15-year-old who was tortured, and martyred by decapitation at Camerino during the persecutions of Decius. Martyred with him were 10 other Christians, including the priest Porphyrius, Venantius' tutor; and Leontius, bishop of Camerino.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q4210004 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Venantius of Camerino (CC BY-SA)
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