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Saint

Venantius of Viviers

Bishop of Viviers

Bishop of Viviers in France, who reposed in 544.

Feast
August 5old style August 18
Reposed
5446th century
Place
Viviers

Life

Venantius of Viviers was bishop of Viviers, in the Ardèche in France, and died in the year 544. He is a saint of the undivided Church, honoured mainly in the West.

The sources consulted are few: they keep his name, the episcopal see he held and the date of death, 544. Local tradition in Viviers keeps the memory of his deeds and relics.

Commemorated the same day August 5