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Pelagius of Novigrad
Croatian saint
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 28 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
270
Died
283
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Constance in present-day Switzerland, commemoration of Saint Pelagius, 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 28 August as a martyr commemorated at Constance.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 28 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q567073 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Pelagius of Constance (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.