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Fidelis of Como
soldier saint
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 28 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
304
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Near Como, Saint Fidelis, 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 28 October as a martyr near Como.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 28 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q603655 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Fidelis of Como (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.