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Galactorius of Lescar
bishop of Lescar
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 27 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
401
Died
507
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the region of Béarn near the Pyrenees in French Gascony, Saint Galactorius, honoured as bishop of Lescar and 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 27 July as one honoured as bishop of Lescar and martyr.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 27 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1993262 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Galactorius of Lescar (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.