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Caprasius of Lérins
5th-century hermit of Lérins
SaintResearchedAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 1 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
301
Died
430
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
On the island of Lérins in Provence, in France, Saint Caprasius, hermit, who withdrew to this place together with Saint Honoratus and began the monastic life there.
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 1 June as a hermit who began the monastic life on Lérins with Saint Honoratus.
Connected on this site
- Honoratus Saint Pupil
- Pachomius the Great Saint“There they were joined by many others, and the hermits were inspired by the monastic rule of Pachomius the Great.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q977571 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Caprasius of Lérins (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.