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Ursus of Ravenna
bishop
SaintFull write-upAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 13 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
350
Died
396
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Ravenna, Saint Ursus, bishop, who moved the episcopal see from Classe to this city and dedicated the cathedral church on Easter Day in honour of the Holy Anastasis; on the same day some years later he too passed to the glory of the resurrection.
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 13 April as the bishop who moved the see from Classe to Ravenna and dedicated its cathedral on Easter Day.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 13 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q940204 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ursus of Ravenna (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.