Valentine of Passau

Saint Valentine of Passau
Valentine of Passau
Bishop, Missionary, Monk
Died	7 January 475
Venerated in	Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast	January 7
Attributes	bishop preaching to pagans
Patronage	convulsions, 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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Sources

• Nirschl, Joseph (1889). Der heilige Valentin, erster Bischof von Passau und Rhätien: eine historisch-kritische Untersuchung aus dem kirchenhistorischen Seminar der Universität Würzburg. (in German). Mainz: Kirchheim, 1889.