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Saint Severus of Ravenna
Bishop of Ravenna
BornRavenna, Roman Empire
Diedcirca 348
Venerated inCatholic Church
Western Orthodoxy
CanonizedPre-Congregation
Major shrinePavio/Pavia (original)
Erfurt, Germany
Feast1 February
PatronageHatters

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]

His relics were relocated in 836.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "St. Severus of Ravenna".
  2. ^ "Saint Severus of Ravenna". 31 January 2010.