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Frobert of Troyes
French Roman Catholic saint
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Feast: 1 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
595
Died
667
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Troyes in the territory of Neustria, in present-day France, Saint Frobert of Troyes, founder and first abbot of the monastery of Moutier-la-Celle.
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 1 January as founder and first abbot of Moutier-la-Celle at Troyes.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q8962871 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Frobert of Troyes (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.