Exuperius of Bayeux
Bishop of Bayeux
Feast: 1 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Exuperius of Bayeux (Exupère), also known as Spirius (Spire, Soupir, Soupierre), is venerated as the first bishop of Bayeux. The date of his episcopate is given as 390 to 405, but local legends made him an immediate disciple of St. Clement, who lived during the 1st century, and that St. Regnobertus was Exuperius' disciple. This legend was found in breviaries of the 15th century. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, “the Bollandists and M. Jules Lair found little ground for this legend; it was only towards the middle of the fourth century that St. Exuperius founded the See of Bayeux; after him the priest St.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q1845849 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Exuperius of Bayeux (CC BY-SA)
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