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Lupus of Sens
Bishop of Sens
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 1 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
—
unknown
Died
623
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Sens in Neustria, now in France, Saint Lupus, bishop, who suffered exile for having courageously affirmed before a local notable that the people must be guided by the priest and obey God rather than princes.
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 1 September as a bishop of Sens exiled for saying the people must obey God rather than princes.
Connected on this site
- Aunarius Saint Relative
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1495753 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Lupus of Sens (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.