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Valentin von Rätien
monk and abbot venerated in the Catholic Church
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 7 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
500
Died
475
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Passau in Noricum, in present-day Bavaria, the commemoration of Saint Valentine, bishop of Raetia.
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 7 January as a bishop of Raetia, commemorated at Passau.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 7 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2367577 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Valentine of Passau (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.