Severus of Ravenna
Saint Severus of Ravenna was a 4th-century Bishop of Ravenna who attended the Council of Sardica in 344.[1] He was ordained as a bishop due to his personal virtue and because of "the sign of a dove".[1]
Saint Severus of Ravenna | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Ravenna | |
| Born | Ravenna, Roman Empire |
| Died | circa 348 |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church Western Orthodoxy |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
| Major shrine | Pavio/Pavia (original) Erfurt, Germany |
| Feast | 1 February |
| Patronage | Hatters |
He was purported to be an example of not only a married priest, but a married archbishop.[2]
In 836, his relics were relocated by Archbishop Otgar of Mainz (826–847) from Pavia, first to Mainz, Germany, and eventually to a predecessor building of St Severus' Church, Erfurt, where they were buried and still lie today.[3][4] Severus is depicted in Justinian's mosaics in Saint Apollinaire in Classis, and his name is recorded in early martyrologies.[2]
References
- "St. Severus of Ravenna". catholic.net.
- Berman, Constance H. (2005). Medieval religion new approaches. Routledge. p. 127. OCLC 1267427298.
- "Saint Severus of Ravenna". CatholicSaints.Info. 31 January 2010.
- "Severus von Ravenna". Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon (in German). Retrieved 29 May 2022.
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