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Aubert of Avranches
Bishop of Avranches
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 10 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
660
Died
725
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Avranches in Neustria, now in France, Saint Aubert, bishop, thanks to whom the veneration of Saint Michael the Archangel flourished on Mont Tombe.
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 Avranches through whom devotion to Saint Michael flourished on Mont Tombe.
Connected on this site
- Dymphna Saint“The life of Dymphna was first recorded in the 13th century by a canon of the Church of Aubert of Avranches at Cambrai, France.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 10 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q758463 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Aubert of Avranches (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.