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Radboud of Utrecht
Dutch saint and bishop of Utrecht
SaintResearchedEast FranciaPre-congregation
Feast: 29 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
850
Died
917
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Deventer in Frisia, in present-day Holland, the translation of Saint Radboud, bishop of Utrecht, a learned and prudent pastor, who died while visiting among the country people.
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 29 November, the translation of his relics, as a learned bishop of Utrecht who died visiting country people.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 29 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q582076 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Radboud of Utrecht (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.