Saint Valentine of Passau

Also known as

• Valentine of Mais
• Valentine of Raetia
• Valentine of Ratien
• Valentine of Retie
• Valentine of Rezia
• Valentine of Rhaetia
• Valentine of Rhétie
• Valentin of….
• Valentinus of….

Memorial

• 7 January
• 4 August (translation of relics)

Profile

Monk. Abbot. Missionary bishop in Rhaetia, Switzerland, an area in the border region of modern Italy, Austria and Switzerland. Late in life he withdrew to live as a hermit near Mais, Austria.

Died

• 7 January 475 at Mais, Tyrol, Austria of natural causes
• re-interred at Trent, Italy in 739
• relics transferred to the Cathedral of Saint Stephen in Passau, Germany in 764

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against convulsions
• against cramps
• against epilepsy
• against gout
• against plague
• cattle
• epileptics
• pilgrims
• poor people
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• Passau, Germany, city of
• Passau, Germany, diocese of

Representation

• bishop preaching to pagans

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

• “Saint Valentine of Passau“. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 January 2013. Web. 20 May 2013. <>