Saint Servatus
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- Also known as
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Servaas
Servatius
Servais
- Memorial
- 13 May
- Profile
- Bishop of Tongres in the modern Nederlands for 37 years.
Welcomed Saint Athanasius during his exile by the Arians.
Worked to remove the heretical bishop of Cologne in 346.
Active at the Council of Rimini in 359.
Prophesied the mid-5th century invasion of Gaul by the Huns.
- Born
- Armenian
- Died
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13 March 384 at Tongres, Belgium of fever
initially interred at Tongres
miracles reported at his tomb
relics translated to the Saint Servaas Basilica, Maastricht, province of Limburg, Nederlands when Tongres was sacked
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
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against foot problems
against lameness
against leg problems
against mice
against rats
against rheumatism
success
- Representation
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bishop holding a key and accompanied by an angel meeting burghers at a city gate
bishop holding a key in one hand while placing his crozier on a dragon
bishop reading desk where nearby sits a shield with three wooden shoes
bishop with three wooden shoes
man striking water with a staff
pilgrim sleeping in the sun while an eagle fans him
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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