Saint Juvenal of Narni

Also known as

• Giovenale
• Juvenalis

Memorial

• 3 May

Profile

Ordained by Pope Saint Damasus I. First bishop of Narni, Italy in 368. Legend says that he saved Narni from invasion by Ligurians and Sarmatians praying for a great thunderstorm so great that the invaders fled in fear. Another story says that there was an attempt on his life by trying to strike him in the head with a sword; Juvenal caught the blade in his teeth and the would-be killer gave up.

Died

• c.373
• may have been a martyr, but records are unclear

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Narni, Italy

Representation

• bishop holding a chalice
• bishop with a sword in his mouth

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology

MLA Citation

• “Saint Juvenal of Narni“. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 May 2013. Web. 20 June 2013. <>