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Germain de Talloires

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Feast: 29 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

—

unknown

Died

1018

Beatified

—

not on record

Canonised

5 September 1889

unverified

Who they were

At Annecy in Burgundy, commemoration of Saint Germain, abbot, who, distinguished for his love of solitude, founded and governed the priory of Talloires.

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 the abbot who founded and governed the priory of Talloires.

Sources

Roman Martyrology, 28 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
Wikidata Q3104155 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.