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Junian of Saint-Junien
Christian hermit
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 16 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
486
Died
501
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the territory of Limoges in Aquitaine, now in France, Saints Amandus and his disciple Junian, hermits.
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 16 October as a hermit near Limoges, disciple of Saint Amandus.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 16 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q6313022 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Junian of Saint-Junien (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.