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Danax
1st millennium deacon
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 16 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
100
Died
1000
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Valona in Illyricum, in present-day Albania, Saint Danax, martyr.
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 16 January as a martyr at Valona.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 16 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q938334 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.