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Agnellus of Naples
Italian presbyter
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Feast: 14 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
535
Died
596
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Naples, Saint Agnellus, abbot of the monastery of San Gaudioso.
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 14 December as abbot of the monastery of San Gaudioso in Naples.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 14 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q394401 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Agnellus of Naples (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.