St Severinus was a hermit and bishop of Septempeda (modern-day San Severino Marche, Italy). He was born in the 6th Century AD in Septempeda, Italy and died in 550 AD San Severino Marche. We celebrate his feast day on May 15 every year in the Catholic Church.
Saint’s Biography
Saint Severinus of Septempeda was the brother of Saint Victorinus of Camerino. The two brothers distributed their wealth to the poor and then retreated as a hermit to Monte Nero in Italy.
Pope Vigilius ordered Severinus to become Bishop of Septempeda in Ancona, Italy. Severinus was so successful in reviving the faith in his diocese that today the city is known as San Severino Marche in his honor. He died in 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
