Florinus, St.
FLORINUS, ST.
Fl. Rhaetia, Switzerland, seventh century. He was educated by Alexander, a priest of St. Peter's Church, who resigned his office in his favor after the young man's ordination. The early accounts of his life (Bibliotheca hagiographica latina antiquae ct mediae aetatis, 2 v. 3063–3065), written for the edification of the reader, are in large part unreliable. They recount a number of miracles supposed to have been worked by the saint. He was reported to have been buried in his parish church, but his relics were later transferred to the collegiate church of St. Florinus in Koblenz, Germany, and to the Abbey of Schönau in the Archdiocese of Trier. He is venerated as the patron of the Diocese of Chur.
Feast: Nov. 17.
Bibliography: Analecta Bollandiana 17 (1898) 199–204. o. scheiwiller, "Der hl. Florin von Remüs," Zeitschrift für schweizerische Geschichte 32 (1938) 241–256; 33 (1939) 71–90, 155–167.
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