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Saint Contest
Contest
SaintFrancePre-congregation
Feast: 19 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
513
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Contentius (died 510) was bishop of Bayeux from 480 until his death. He is a Catholic and Orthodox saint. His feast day is 19 January.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Sources
- Wikidata Q2995623 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Contentius (CC BY-SA)
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