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Also known as

• Giovanni
• Jean

Memorial

• 12 January
• 27 November on some calendars

Profile

Bishop of Ravenna, Italy from 452 for over 40 years. Saved his flock from the ravages of Attila the Hun. Secured better conditions for his people when Ravenna was captured by King Theodoric of the Ostro-Goths.

Died

• 494 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Roman Martyrology, 1914 edition
• Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein
• books
  • Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• other sites in english
  • Catholic Online
• sites en français
  • Abbé Stéphane Ansart
• fonti in italiano
  • Centro Culturale Diocesano
  • Centro Culturale Diocesano
• websites in nederlandse
  • Den katolske kirke