He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church[2][3] as well as in other denominations.
[4][Note 1] Severus was reportedly Indian by birth[5] and of wealthy origins.
His entry in the Roman Martyrology reads:[6] "At Vienne, in France, St. Severus, priest and confessor, who undertook a painful journey from India in order to preach the Gospel in that city, and converted a great number of Pagans to the faith of Christ by his labors and miracles.
[8] He died in Italy, but his body was brought back to Vienne and buried in the church dedicated to the protomartyr Saint Stephen, which he himself had constructed.
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