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Protadio de Besançon
Bishop of Besançon (7th century)
SaintResearchedFranciaDate unknown
Feast: 10 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Besançon in Burgundy, in present-day France, Saint Protadius, bishop.
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 10 February as a bishop of Besançon.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 10 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q67214608 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.