
Venerable
Valentine
A Western holy monk, reposed around 470.
- Feast
- January 7old style January 20
- Reposed
- 4705th century
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Valentine was an abbot and then a bishop in Rhaetia, the Alpine region north of Italy, and he reposed around 470. He is not to be confused with Saint Valentine of Rome, commemorated on 14 February.
He reposed at Mais in the Tyrol. Some years later his relics were moved to Trent and then to Passau. No other details of his life are known.
He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 7 January (new style).
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