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Phoebadius of Agen
4th-century Catholic bishop
SaintResearchedAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 26 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
328
Died
392
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Agen in the region of Aquitaine, in France, Saint Phoebadius, bishop, who wrote a work against the Arians and protected his people from heresy.
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 April as a bishop of Agen who wrote against the Arians and protected his people from heresy.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 25 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2948411 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Phoebadius of Agen (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.