Severinus of Bordeaux

Severinus of Bordeaux was bishop of Bordeaux and died in 420. The information about him comes from a Latin life attributed, it seems, to Venantius Fortunatus, of the 6th century. It is known that he was bishop of Bordeaux, perhaps succeeding Amandus, after having been, again according to Fortunatus, bishop of Trier. He therefore lived in the 5th century, and his day of commemoration is 21 October, in the Western calendar (new style). The basilica of Saint-⁠Seurin in Bordeaux bears his name. In the past he was confused with Severinus of Cologne, but today it is generally accepted that they are two different persons. A saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.