Veneration
They are mentioned in the martyrologies of Bede, Usuard, Ado, as well as the Mozarabic Breviary, and in the Breviaries of Toledo, Seville, Salamanca, among others. They are venerated as patron saints of Cádiz (officially since 1619). On the Sunday closest to October 23 they celebrate in the town of San Fernando the festival of Saints Servandus and Cermanus, carrying statues of the saints in a procession.
The sculptress Luisa Roldán (1650–1704), called La Roldana, made sculptures of these two saints at Cádiz.
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