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Bantus
priest and hermit at Trier
SaintResearchedDate unknown
Feast: 25 July (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
In the same place, Saints Beatus and Bantus, priests, who in the time of Saint Magnericus led the life of hermits.
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 25 July as a priest who led the life of a hermit at Trier in the time of Saint Magnericus.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 25 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R9e832b8e — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.