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Gratus of Oloron
Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church saint
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Feast: 19 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
401
Died
511
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Oloron on the French side of the Pyrenees in Aquitaine, now in France, commemoration of Saint Gratus, bishop, who, in the time of Alaric, Arian king of the Goths, took part in the Council of Agde to reform the Church in this region of France.
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 19 October as a bishop of Oloron who took part in the Council of Agde.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 19 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3115689 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Gratus of Oloron (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.