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Pienzo di Poitiers
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 13 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
550
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Poitiers in Aquitaine, in present-day France, Saint Pienzo, bishop, who was of immense help to Blessed Radegund in founding monasteries.
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 13 March as a bishop of Poitiers who helped Radegund found monasteries.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 13 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q67214673 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.