Saint Florinus of Remüs November 17

 Saint Florinus of Remüs

Also known as

• Florinus of Chur

• Florinus of Finsgowe

• Florinus of Matsch

• Florinus of Mazia

• Florinus of Ramosch

• Florinus of Val Venosta

• Florinus of Vinschgau

• Florinus of Vnuost

• Florin, Florian

Additional Memorials

• 7 August (translation of relics to Chur, Switzerland)

• 18 December (translation of relics to the Trier, Germany)

Profile

Legend says that his father was a Saxon, his mother a Jew who converted to Christianity; the two met while they were both on pilgrimage to Rome, Italy, they married, and then settled in the Val Venosta in the Italian Tyrol region. Educated by Father Alexander at the parish of Saint Peter in Remüs (modern Ramosch), Switzerland; previous minister's there include Saint Othmar of Saint Gall. Ordained in Unterengadin, Switzerland, he served as the parish priest at Saint Peter's in Remüs, living like a hermit and caring for the poor. Miracle worker who turned water to wine which he then gave away to the poor.

Born

late 8th century Val Venosta, Italy

Died

• c.856 at Remüs (modern Ramosch), Switzerland of natural causes

• buried in the graveyard of the parish of Saint Peter in Remüs

• some relics enshrined in Koblenz, Germany in 950

• some relics enshrined in Regensburg, Germany

Representation

• book

• chunk of limestone

• wine jug, pitcher, bottle or pot (referring to the miracle of turning water to wine)

Patronage

• Chur, Switzerland, diocese of

• Vaduz, Liechtenstein, diocese of

• Lower Engadine, Switzerland

• Val Venosta, Italy