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Acacius the Younger
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 28 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
350
Died
321
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Miletus in Caria, in present-day Turkey, Saint Acacius, martyr, under the emperor Licinius.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 28 July as a martyr at Miletus under the emperor Licinius.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 28 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4309037 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.