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Also known as

• Wigand

Memorial

• 18 May

Profile

Teenager tortured extensively and martyred with ten other Christians during the persecutions of Decius.

Born

• c.235

Died

• beheaded c.250 at Camerino, Italy
• relics at Camerino

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Camerino, Italy

Representation

• young man crucified upside-down with smoke coming from his head
• young man holding the citadel of Camerino, Italy
• young man holding the city of Camerino, a palm, and a book
• young man with a banner holding a city wall

MLA Citation

• “Saint Venantius of Camerino“. CatholicSaints.Info. 31 December 2018. Web. 5 April 2020. <>