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Daniel of Padua
Roman Catholic saint
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Feast: 9 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
200
Died
168
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Padua, the commemoration of Saint Daniel of Padua, deacon and 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 3 January as a deacon and martyr of Padua.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 3 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1163307 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Daniel of Padua (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.