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Deodatus of Blois
deacon and abbot near Blois
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Feast: 24 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
In the territory of Blois in Lugdunensian Gaul, in present-day France, Saint Deodatus, deacon and abbot, who, after a life as an anchorite, became the guide of the disciples who had gathered around him in this place.
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 24 April as a deacon and abbot near Blois who, after a life as an anchorite, guided the disciples who gathered around him.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 24 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R8f9664f8 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.