Saint Venantius

Saint Venantius

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  • Description / Title of the Saint : Martyr

Saint Venantius

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  • Memorial Day / Feast Day of Saint Venantius: May 18
  • Description / Title of the Saint : Martyr
  • Date of Death: Saint Venantius died 250
 
 

The Story and History of Saint Venantius
The story and history of Saint Venantius. Venantius was born at Camerino in Italy, and at the age of fifteen was seized as a Christian and carried before a judge. As it was found impossible to shake his constancy either by threats or promises, he was condemned to be scourged, but was miraculously saved by an angel. He was then burnt with torches and hung over a low fire that he might be suffocated by the smoke. The judge's secretary, admiring the steadfastness of the Saint, and seeing an angel robed in white, who trampled out the fire and again set free the youthful martyr, proclaimed his faith in Christ, was baptized with his whole family, and shortly after won the martyr's crown himself. Venantius was then carried before the governor, who, unable to make him renounce his faith, cast him into prison with an apostate, who vainly strove to tempt him. The governor then ordered his teeth and jaws to be broken, and had him thrown into a furnace, from which the angel once more delivered him. The Saint was again led before the judge, who at sight of him fell headlong from his seat and expired, crying, "The God of Venantius is the true God; let us destroy our idols." This circumstance being told to the governor, he ordered Venantius to be thrown to the lions; but these brutes, forgetting their natural ferocity, crouched at the feet of the Saint. Then, by order of the tyrant, the young martyr was dragged through a heap of brambles and thorns, but again God manifested the glory of His servant; the soldiers suffering from thirst, the Saint knelt on a rock and signed it with a cross, when immediately a jet of clear, cool water spurted up from the spot. This miracle converted many of those who beheld it, whereupon the governor had Venantius and his converts beheaded together in the year 250. The bodies of these martyrs are kept in the church at Camerino which bears the Saint's name.

Feast Day of Saint Venantius
The Feast Day of Saint Venantius is May 18. The origin of Feast Days: most saints have specially designated feast days and are associated with a specific day of the year and these are referred to as the saint's feast day. The feast days first arose from the very early Christian custom of the annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths at the same time celebrating their birth into heaven.

 

Saint Venantius

  • Short, concise biography of Saint Venantius
  • History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information
  • Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Venantius
  • Memorial, or Feast Day, of Saint Venantius - May 18
  • History, Life, Biography, Dates, Facts and Information
  • Date of Death: 250
  • Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Venantius
  • Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
  • Description / Title of the Saint : Martyr
 
 

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Saint Venantius