Florentius of Peterborough

Florentius of Peterborough was a seventh-century saint and martyr.^[1][2]

Peterborough Cathedral from the southeast c. 1898.

Saint Frithestan
Saint, Martyr
Died	7th Century
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Feast	27 September

Florentius was a Roman, and is known to history mainly through the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript.^[3]

According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle manuscript E, Florentius' relics were purchased from Bonneval Abbey^[4] and moved to Peterborough Cathedral in 1013 or 1016 by Abbot Ælfsi of Peterborough.^[5]

Florentius' was venerated at Peterborough along with Cyneswith^[6] and Cyniburg. However, his feast day on 27 September might suggest that he was in reality Florentinus of Sedun, who was martyred by the Vandal persecution.^[7]