The San Giovenale Triptych The right panel depicts St. Anthony and St. Juvenal. [Masaccio Museum of Sacred Art, Cascia di Reggello (Florence, Italy)].
Bishop and Confessor
Died
May 3, 369 or 377 Narni, Umbria, Italy
Venerated in
Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church[1]
Major shrine
cathedral of Narni
Feast
May 3
Attributes
Holding a sword in his mouth; holding a chalice[2]
Patronage
Narni; Fossano
Saint Juvenal (d. May 3, 369 or 377) (Italian: San Giovenale di Narni) is venerated as the first Bishop of Narni in Umbria. Historical details regarding Juvenal's life are limited. A biography of Juvenal of little historical value, written after the seventh century, states that Juvenal was born in Africa, was ordained by Pope Damasus I, was the first bishop of Narni, and was buried in the Porta Superiore on the Via Flaminia on August 7, though his feast day was celebrated on May 3.[3]
This Vita does not call him a martyr but calls him a confessor.[3]
The martyrologies of Florus of Lyon and Ado describe Juvenal as a bishop and confessor rather than as a martyr.[3]
Saint Gregory the Great, in his Dialogues (IV, 12) and Homiliae in Evangelium, speaks of a bishop of Narni named Juvenal, and describes him as a martyr.[3] The title of martyr, though, was sometimes given to bishops who did not necessarily die for their faith.[3] Gregory also mentions a sepulcher associated with Juvenal at Narni.[3]
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