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Saint Paternian
bishop and saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 10 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
275
Died
360
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Paternian or Paternianus (Italian: San Paterniano) is the name of an Italian saint. A native of Fermo who escaped to the mountains during the persecutions of Christians by Diocletian, he was then appointed bishop of Fano by Pope Sylvester I.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Santi, beati e testimoni - SanPaterniano — Santiebeati.it, the Italian Catholic saints dictionary, carries a full entry: SanPaterniano - Vescovo | Fano, 275 c. - 360.
- Wikidata Q3940570 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Paternian (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.