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Agricole de Chalon
évêque de Chalon
SaintResearchedKingdom of BurgundyPre-congregation
Born
497
Died
580
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Chalon-sur-Saône in Burgundy, in present-day France, Saint Agricole, bishop, who governed this Church for about fifty years, strengthening it through various councils.
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 17 March as a bishop who governed the Church of Chalon-sur-Saône for about fifty years.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 17 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2827145 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Agricola of Chalon-sur-Saône (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.