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Saint, Martyr | |
Died | 7th Century |
Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Feast | 27 September |
Florentius of Peterborough was a seventh-century saint and martyr. [1] [2]
Florentius was a Roman, and is known to history mainly through the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript. [3]
According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle manuscript E, Florentius' relics were purchased from Bonneval Abbey [4] and moved to Peterborough Cathedral in 1013 or 1016 by Abbot Ælfsi of Peterborough. [5]
Florentius' was venerated at Peterborough along with Cyneswith [6] and Cyniburg. However, his feast day on 27 September might suggest that he was in reality Florentinus of Sedun, who was martyred by the Vandal persecution. [7]