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Servandus
SaintFull write-upAncient RomeDate unknown
Feast: 23 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Near Cádiz in Andalusia in Spain, Saints Servandus and Germanus, martyrs during the persecution of the emperor Diocletian.
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 Roman Martyrology remembers him on 23 October as a martyr near Cádiz under Diocletian.
Connected on this site
- Germanus Saint Brother or sister
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 23 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q40331660 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.