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Nicetius of Lyon

Bishop of Lyon

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 2 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

513

Died

573

Beatified

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not needed: before formal processes

Canonised

By tradition

recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Nicetius (Nicetus, Nicet or Nizier) (513 – 2 April 573) was Archbishop of Lyon, then Lugdunum, France, during the 6th century. He served from 552 or 553. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

Limited information available on this saint.

Connected on this site

Tetricus of Langres Saint
“According to Gregory of Tours, who was a later relative of Tetricus, the Merovingian king Chilperic I had a dream in which Tetricus, along with Agricola of Chalon-sur-Saône and Nicetius of Lyon appeared to the king.” — Wikipedia

Sources

Wikidata Q2356035 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Nicetius of Lyon (CC BY-SA)

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