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Baldomerus of Lyon
French locksmith and subdeacon
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 27 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
601
Died
660
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Lyon in France, Saint Baldomerus, subdeacon, a man consecrated to God.
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 27 February as a subdeacon of Lyon consecrated to God.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 27 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2696798 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.