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Venantius of Delminium
Saint and bishop
SaintAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 1 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
300
Died
257
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Venantius of Salona (also Wigand; died 259), was a Christian saint, martyr and Bishop of Salona in Dalmatia, active in the later half of the third century AD. He was possibly martyred in Delminium.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Santi e Beati — Santi Venanzio e compagni, martiri in Dalmazia e Istria — 'III-IV sec., festa 1 aprile' — Venantius of Delminium, first bishop of Salona; feast matches.
- Wikidata Q9371947 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Venantius of Salona (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.