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Kjeld of Viborg
Danish provost and canon
SaintResearchedKingdom of DenmarkPre-congregation
Feast: 11 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1100
Died
1150
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Viborg in Denmark, Saint Kjeld, priest and canon regular, who was full of care for the chapter school and a true model of monastic life.
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 11 July as a canon regular of Viborg devoted to the chapter school.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 11 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4454789 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Kjeld (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.