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Mantius of Évora
Portuguese saint
SaintResearchedKingdom of PortugalPre-congregation
Feast: 21 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
100
Died
100
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Évora in Portugal, Saint Mantius, martyr.
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 21 May as a martyr at Évora.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 21 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4280505 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Mantius of Évora (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.