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Maurus of Pécs
Hungarian Roman Catholic bishop of Pécs from year 1036 until his death around year 1075 and saint
SaintResearchedHungaryBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 25 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1000
Died
1070
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Pécs in Hungary, Saint Maurus, bishop, who was a master of eloquence for almost all his life and lived, finally, as a monk and then abbot in the monastery of Saint Martin.
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 25 October as a bishop of Pécs who had been a monk and abbot of the monastery of Saint Martin.
Connected on this site
- Andrew Zorard Saint“He wrote the Legend of Benedict of Szkalka and Andrew Zorard, two hermits who lived in the region of Nitra in modern-day Slovakia.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 25 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q638685 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Maurus of Pécs (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.