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Saint Waldebert
French saint and Abbot of Abbaye Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul
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Feast: 2 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
550
Died
668
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Luxeuil in Burgundy, in France, Saint Waldebert, abbot.
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 2 May as an abbot of Luxeuil.
Connected on this site
- Eustace of Luxeuil Saint“He lived as a hermit close to the abbey until the death of the monastery's abbot, Eustace of Luxeuil, when Waldebert was elected Luxeuil's third abbot (c.” — Wikipedia
- John IV Saint“He also gained from Pope John IV the independence of his community from episcopal control and increased the size and prosperity of the monastery's territories and buildings.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 2 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3553492 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Waldebert (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.