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Castor of Karden

priest and hermit

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 13 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
400
Died
400
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Castor of Karden (German: Kastor von Karden) was a priest and hermit of the 4th century who is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. Castor was a pupil of Maximinus of Trier around 345 AD, and was ordained as a priest by Maximinus. Like his teacher, Castor may have come from the region of Aquitaine. At his ordination, Castor settled at Karden on the Moselle as a hermit with various companions, where they dedicated themselves to an ascetic life and established a small religious community.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

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