Florinus of Remüs

Saint Florinus of Remüs, also called Florian of Chur, Florinus of Matsch or Florinus of Vinschgau, was a priest, who died in the year 856 and is venerated as a saint, especially in the dioceses of Chur, Bolzano-⁠Brixen and Vaduz and in the Rhineland. Little is known of his life, as there is no early life.

He is thought to have been the son of an Anglo-⁠Saxon man and a Jewish woman, converts to Christianity, who settled at Matsch in the Vinschgau valley on their way back from a pilgrimage to Rome. Florinus received his education from a priest in Lower Engadine, where he was also ordained. He then served as priest at Remüs (Ramosch). Miracles are attributed to him, including the turning of water into wine. After his death many miracles are said to have taken place at his tomb in the parish church of Remüs. He is called a confessor. He is honored as a saint of the undivided Church.