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Restitutus of Carthage
bishop of Carthage from 352 to 373
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 28 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
373
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Carthage, in present-day Tunisia, Saint Restitutus, bishop, on whose feast Saint Augustine preached a sermon to the people in his honour.
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 28 August as a bishop of Carthage in whose honour Saint Augustine preached.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 28 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q67214592 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.