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Eutropius of Orange
Roman Catholic bishop and saint
SaintResearchedAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 27 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
401
Died
475
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Orange in Provence, in France, Saint Eutropius, bishop.
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 27 May as a bishop of Orange in Provence.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 27 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1919844 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Eutropius of Orange (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.