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Verena
Egyptian saint
SaintFull write-uphttp://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/b22d435d511a6771d2cbfab6c0173e8dPre-congregation
Feast: 1 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
260
Died
344
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Zurzach on the Rhine in the territory of Zurich, in present-day Switzerland, Saint Verena, virgin.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 1 September as a virgin at Zurzach.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q437896 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Verena of Zurzach (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.