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Maurilius von Angers

Roman Catholic Bishop and Saint

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Feast: 13 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
364
Died
426
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

At Angers in Gallia Lugdunensis, in present-day France, Saint Maurilius, bishop, who, born in Milan, went to Saint Martin of Tours, by whom he was ordained priest and placed at the head of the church of Chalonnes-sur-Loire; having later become bishop, he worked to overcome pagan superstitions in the countryside.

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 13 September as a bishop of Angers, ordained priest by Saint Martin of Tours, who fought pagan superstition in the countryside.

Connected on this site

  • Martin of Tours Saint
    “At Angers in Gallia Lugdunensis, in present-day France, Saint Maurilius, bishop, who, born in Milan, went to Saint Martin of Tours, by whom he was ordained priest and placed at the head of the church of Chalonnes-sur-Loire; having later become bishop, he worked to overcome pagan superstitions in the countryside.” — this site's research
Sources

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