Servatius of Tongeren


Servatius
Սուրբ Սերվատիոս
Reliquary bust of Saint Servatius (15/16th c.)
BornUnknown
Armenia (traditionally)
Died13 May 384 AD (traditionally)
Maastricht
Venerated inCatholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church[1]
Major shrineBasilica of Saint Servatius, Maastricht
Feast13 May
AttributesSo-called "Key of Saint Servatius", crozier, dragon (under his feet)
PatronageInvoked against: foot troubles, lameness, rheumatism, rats and mice

Saint Servatius[2] (Dutch: Sint Servaas; French: Saint Servais; Limburgish: Sintervaos; Armenian: Սուրբ Սերվատիոս Surb Servatios; died 13 May 384) was bishop of Tongeren (Latin: Atuatuca Tungrorum, the capital of the Tungri). Servatius is patron saint of the city of Maastricht and the towns of Schijndel and Grimbergen. He is one of the Ice Saints. His feast day is May 13.

  1. ^ (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Σαρβάτος Ἐπίσκοπος Τονγκρὲ Βελγίου. 13 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  2. ^ Aravatius in Gregory of Tours.