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Lucius of Chur
legendary 5th-century bishop
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 2 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
400
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Chur in present-day Switzerland, Saint Lucius, hermit.
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 3 December as a hermit at Chur.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 3 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1878414 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Lucius of Chur (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.