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Agapius of Novara
Italian bishop
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 10 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
440
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Novara, Saint Agapius, bishop.
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 10 September as a bishop of Novara.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 10 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3606308 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.