Venantius (french: Venant, ''Venance''; died 544) was the

Bishop of Viviers The Roman Catholic Diocese of Viviers ( la, Dioecesis Vivariensis; french: Diocèse de Viviers ) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. Erected in the 4th century, the diocese was restored in the Concordat of 1822 ...

in the Ardèche.Abbé Vincent Champion, Saint Venance, évêque de Viviers, sa vie, ses miracles, ses reliques, Nivoche, 1883Charles Beaunier, ''Recueil Historique, Chronologique, Et Topographique, Des Archevechez, Evêchez, Abbayes Et Prieurez De France, Tant D'Hommes, Que De Filles, De Nomination Et Collation Royale'', Mesnier, 1726, p. 100

/ref> He became a Roman Catholic Saint.

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544 deaths Bishops of Viviers 6th-century Christian saints French Roman Catholic saints {{France-RC-bishop-stub