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Hosea
prophet
SaintResearchedDate unknown
Feast: 17 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Commemoration of Saint Hosea, prophet, who, not only by his words but also by his life, showed the unfaithful people of Israel the Lord as a Bridegroom always faithful and moved by infinite mercy.
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 prophet who showed the unfaithful people of Israel the Lord as an ever-faithful Bridegroom.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 17 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q665541 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.