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Florentius of Orange
bishop of Orange and saint
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Feast: 17 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
525
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Orange in Provence in France, Saint Florentius, 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 17 October as a bishop of Orange.
Connected on this site
- Caesarius of Arles Saint“He was released thanks to the intervention of the bishop Caesarius of Arles, who interceded on his behalf with the king Theodoric the Great.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 17 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3074128 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Florentius of Orange (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.