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Aventinus of Chartres
bishop of Chartres
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Feast: 4 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Châteaudun near Chartres in France, the death of Saint Aventinus, bishop, who had earlier governed the see of Chartres.
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 4 February as a bishop who had governed the see of Chartres and died at Châteaudun.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 4 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q61732205 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.