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Florence of Thessalonica
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Born
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unknown
Died
300
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Thessalonica, St. Florentius, martyr, who after undergoing various tortures was burned alive.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Dominican Martyrology (1955) remembers him on 13 October.
Sources
- The Martyrology of the Order of Friars Preachers (tr. W. R. Bonniwell OP, 1955), 13 October
- Wikidata Q136482103 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.