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Also known as

• Severinus of Naples
• Severino

Memorial

• 15 May (Roman Martyrology; based on the discovery of his relics)
• formerly 8 June

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Brother of Saint Victorinus of Camerino. The two brothers distributed their wealth to the poor in their area, then retired to live as hermits on Monte Nero, Italy. Ordered by Pope Vigilius to become Bishop of Septempeda, an area in the Marches of Ancona, Italy. Severinus was so successful at reviving the faith in his diocese that the town is now known as San Severino Marche in his honour.

Born

• Septempeda (modern San Severino Marche, Italy)

Died

• 550 of natural causes
• interred in the cathedral in San Severino Marche, Italy
• relics hidden in the side altar of the cathedral during an incursion by the Goths
• relics taken to the site of his hermitage on Monte Nero, Italy on 3 November 590
• church built there and relics enshrined in 944
• relics hidden from invaders and lost in 1197
• relics re-discovered on 15 May 1576

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy, diocese of
• San Severino Marche, Italy

MLA Citation

• “Saint Severinus of Septempeda“. CatholicSaints.Info. 20 January 2022. Web. 27 April 2024. <>