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Venant de Viviers
French saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 5 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
537
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Viviers on the Rhône in France, Saint Venant, bishop.
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 5 August as a bishop of Viviers.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 5 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2395440 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Venantius of Viviers (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.