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Burkard of Beinwil
parish priest of Beinwil in Aargau
BlessedResearched
Feast: 18 May (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 yet
Who they were
In the territory of Aargau in present-day Switzerland, Blessed Burkard, priest, who, as parish priest of the village of Beinwil, devoted himself tirelessly to the pastoral care of the flock entrusted to him.
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 18 May as the parish priest of Beinwil in Aargau who devoted himself tirelessly to the flock entrusted to him.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 18 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R5f231dc1 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.