Saint Juvenal of Narni
- Also known as
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Giovenale de Narni
Juvenalis of Narni
- Memorial
- 3 May
- Profile
- Ordained by Pope Saint Damasus.
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
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bishop holding a chalice
bishop with a sword in his mouth
- Additional Information
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For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Kirken i Norge - norwegian
The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
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