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Valentine of Passau

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Valentine of Passau
Valentine of Passau
Bishop, Missionary, Monk
Died7 January 475
Venerated inCatholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
FeastJanuary 7
Attributesbishop preaching to pagans
Patronageconvulsions, cramps, epilepsy[1]

Valentine of Passau (died 7 January 475) was a bishop, abbot, monk, and hermit. He was a papal missionary bishop to Rhaetia (present Switzerland, Bavaria, Tyrol, and South Tyrol); and among the first patrons of Passau. He finally lived as a hermit in Zenoburg, Merano, South Tyrol, northern Italy.[2]

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  1. ^ Baring-Gould, Sabine (1898). "The Lives of the Saints". The Lives of the Saints.
  2. ^ "Saint Valentine of Passau". January 7, 2013.

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