Saint Venantius of Camerino

Memorial

• 18 May

Profile

Teenager tortured extensively and martyred during the persecutions of Decius.

Born

• c.235

Died

• beheaded c.250 at Camerino, Italy
• relics at Camerino

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Camerino, Italy

Representation

• young man crucified upside-down with smoke coming from his head
• young man holding the citadel of Camerino
• young man holding the city of Camerino, a palm, and a book
• young man with a banner holding a city wall

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Venantius of Camerino“. Saints.SQPN.com. 3 April 2013. Web. 21 May 2013. <>