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Maurontius of Douai

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Feast: 5 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
634
Died
unknown
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

At Marchiennes in Gallia Belgica, now in France, Saint Maurontius, abbot and deacon, disciple of Saint Amand.

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 5 May as an abbot and deacon, disciple of Saint Amand.

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Sources

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