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![[Saint Verano of Cavaillon]](http://saints.sqpn.com/wp-content/gallery/saint-verano-of-cavaillon/saint-verano-of-cavaillon.jpg "photograph of a painting of Saint Verano of Cavaillon; swiped off the Wikipedia web site")
Also known as
- Uranus of Cavaillon
- Veranus of Cavaillon
- Verà del Gavalda
- Vrain of Cavaillon
- Wrain of Cavaillon
Profile
Ordained in 540. Hermit in Vaucluse, France. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy. Bishop of Cavaillon, France in 568. Godfather of King Theodoric II. His miracles, which included freeing a captive dragon and miraculously healing the foot of a nobleman, which had withered after the nobleman had kicked Verano for not delaying Mass as requested, are mentioned by Saint Gregory of Tours.
Born
- Vaucluse, France
- in 589 in Arles, France of plague
- some relics in Cavaillon, France
- some relics in Peccioli, Italy
- some relics at the Cathedral of San Michele Arcangelo in Albenga, Italy
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Comuni-Italiani
- Kirken i Norge
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Wikipedia
MLA Citation
- “Saint Verano of Cavaillon”. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 December 2010. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-verano-of-cavaillon/>