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Saint Emeric of Hungary
son of King St. Stephen I of Hungary and Giselle of Bavaria.
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Feast: 4 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1000
Died
1031
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Székesfehérvár in Pannonia, in present-day Hungary, Saint Emeric, or Henry, son of Saint Stephen, King of Hungary, taken by an untimely death.
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 4 November as the son of Saint Stephen, King of Hungary, who died young at Székesfehérvár.
Connected on this site
- Stephen I of Hungary Saint Parent, Father“1007 – 2 September 1031), was the son of King Stephen I of Hungary and Giselle of Bavaria.” — Wikipedia
- Gisela of Hungary Blessed Parent, Mother
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 4 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q359259 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Emeric of Hungary (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.