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Severus of Aquitaine
priest in Aquitaine
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 1 August (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
In the region of Aquitaine in France, Saint Severus, priest, who gave his goods for the building of churches and for the service of the poor.
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 1 August as a priest who gave his goods for the building of churches and the service of the poor.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.