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Rusticula of Arles
abbess at Arles
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Feast: 11 August (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 Arles in Provence in France, Saint Rusticula, abbess, who guided the nuns in holiness for about sixty years.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 11 August as an abbess who guided the nuns of Arles in holiness for about sixty years.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 11 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q11946423 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.