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Valerianus of Auxerre

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 6 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

350

Died

360

Beatified

—

not needed: before formal processes

Canonised

By tradition

recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Valerian was a Gallic saint who was bishop of Auxerre, in today's Yonne in Burgundy, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.

Summary translated from the French Wikipedia article Valérien d'Auxerre (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.

The miracles

Limited information is available on this saint so far.

Why that counted as sanctity

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Connected on this site

Amator of Auxerre Saint Pupil

Sources

Diocèse de Sens-Auxerre (yonne.catholique.fr), 'La vie de saint Valérien', paroisse Saint-Vincent, Chitry-le-Fort — Third bishop of Auxerre (331-360), present at the councils of Cologne (346) and Sardica (347) and the master who formed the young St Amator; kept on 6 May in the Auxerre sanctoral — exactly the feast in this entry — and
Wikidata Q3554324 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)

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