Valentine of Passau explained

Valentine of Passau
Feast Day:	January 7
Venerated In:	Catholic Church,Eastern Orthodox Church
Death Date:	7 January 475
Titles:	Bishop, Missionary, Monk
Attributes:	bishop preaching to pagans
Patronage:	convulsions, cramps, epilepsy^[1]
Honorific Prefix:	Saint

Valentine of Passau (died 7 January 475) was a bishop, abbot, monk, and hermit. He was a papal missionary bishop to Rhaetia (present Switzerland, Bavaria, Tyrol, and South Tyrol); and among the first patrons of Passau. He finally lived as a hermit in Zenoburg, Merano, South Tyrol, northern Italy.^[2]

Sources

• Nirschl, Joseph (1889). Der heilige Valentin, erster Bischof von Passau und Rhätien: eine historisch-kritische Untersuchung aus dem kirchenhistorischen Seminar der Universität Würzburg. . Mainz: Kirchheim, 1889.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Baring-Gould . Sabine . The Lives of the Saints . 11 . The Lives of the Saints . 1898.
2. Web site: Saint Valentine of Passau. January 7, 2013.