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Corentin of Quimper
French bishop and saint
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 12 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
375
Died
460
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Quimper in Brittany in France, Saint Corentin, venerated as the first bishop of this city.
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 12 December as one venerated as the first bishop of Quimper.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 12 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2381253 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Corentin of Quimper (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.