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Saint Gaucherius
French monk
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Feast: 9 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1060
Died
1140
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Aureil in the territory of Limoges in France, Saint Gaucherius, who, a canon regular, was for the clergy a model of community life and of zeal for souls.
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 9 April as a canon regular who was a model of community life and zeal for souls.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 9 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2419669 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Gaucherius (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.