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Pompeius of Pavia
Bishop of Pavia
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 14 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
290
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Pavia, Saint Pompeius, bishop, who, successor of Saint Syrus, passed to the Lord after a few peaceful years.
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 14 December as a bishop of Pavia who succeeded Saint Syrus.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 14 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q7227464 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Pompeius of Pavia (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.