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Severus of Vienne

Severus of Vienne (died c. 455) was a priest who evangelised in Vienne, France. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church^[2][3] as well as in other denominations.^{[4][Note 1]} Severus is said to have been Indian by birth^[5] and of wealthy origins. His entry in the Roman Martyrology reads:^[6]

"At Vienne, in France, St. Severus, priest and confessor, who undertook a painful journey from India in order to preach the Gospel in that city, and converted a great number of Pagans to the faith of Christ by his labors and miracles."

— The Roman Martyrology (1916), p. 237

Severus settled in Vienne around 430.^[7] He founded a church in honour of Saint Alban (now the church of Saint-Alban-du-Rhône) near Vienne.^[8] He died in Italy, but his body was brought back to Vienne and buried in the church dedicated to the protomartyr Saint Stephen, which he himself had constructed.^[9]

• Lucas, Gérard (2018-10-18). "Anonyme, Vita Seueri". Vienne dans les textes grecs et latins: Chroniques littéraires sur l'histoire de la cité, des Allobroges à la fin du Ve siècle de notre ère. Travaux de la Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée (in French). MOM Éditions. doi:10.4000/books.momeditions.1063. ISBN 978-2-35668-050-1.
• "Vita Sancti Severi Viennensis presbyteri et confessoris". Analecta Bollandiana. 5: 416–424. 1 January 1886. doi:10.1484/J.ABOL.4.02099. ISSN 0003-2468. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

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