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Reginald of Craon
hermit near Angers
SaintResearchedDate unknown
Feast: 17 September (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 Mélinais in the territory of Angers in France, Saint Reginald, hermit, who withdrew into the wood of Craon in order to fulfil the Lord's precepts more fully.
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 17 September as a hermit at Mélinais near Angers who withdrew into the wood of Craon to keep the Lord's precepts more fully.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 17 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R0c0bb684 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.