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Julian of Sora
saint (died c. 160)
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 27 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
150
Died
140
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Sora in Lazio, commemoration of Saint Julian, martyr, who tradition says suffered martyrdom in the time of the emperor Antoninus.
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 January as a martyr of Sora who by tradition died under the emperor Antoninus.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 27 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1712147 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Julian of Sora (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.