Saint Valeria of Milan | |
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Statue of Saint Valeria, Rue Saint-Vital, Sauveterre-de-Rouergue, France. The statue depicts Valeria and one of her sons carrying water to her husband Vitalis of Milan (Vital). | |
Martyr | |
Died | ~1st century or 2nd century Rome |
Major shrine | Relic and reliquary in Thibodaux, Louisiana |
Feast | 28 April |
Attributes | With Saint Vitalis, Saint Gervasius and Saint Protasius; being beaten with clubs |
Patronage | Thibodaux, Louisiana; invoked for protection from storms and floods; Seregno, Italy |
Valeria of Milan (d. 1st or 2nd century), or Valérie, according to Christian tradition, was the wife of Vitalis of Milan and the mother of Gervasius and Protasius.