Florentius of Seville

Holy Confessor Florentius of Seville was born, according to the inscription on his reliquary, probably at Seville, in the year 432, and reposed there on 23 February 485, of natural causes. Almost nothing is known of his life. He was buried fifteen days later, probably because his body was exposed to public veneration, which shows great popularity. He is sometimes called a bishop, but was not; he was probably a priest.

Venerated from ancient times as a saint, he is entered in an old breviary of Seville on 23 February, as a confessor. In the cathedral a reliquary is kept with the inscription Florentius vir sanctus, noting the day of death, the burial and the age. He is commemorated on 23 February, by the Western calendar (new style), as a saint of the undivided Church.