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Martyr

Venerandus

A martyr honored in Western calendars, died around 275; few details survive.

Feast
November 14old style November 27
Reposed
2753rd century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Venerandus was an influential citizen of Troyes in France, put to death for his faith in the time of the emperor Aurelian, in the year 275. He is remembered on 14 November in the Western calendar (new style).

No further details have been preserved. He is honoured as a saint of the undivided Church, with no synodal canonization shown in the sources.

Commemorated the same day November 14