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Stephen of Nicaea
bishop and saint
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 5 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
300
Died
400
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Reggio Calabria, Saint Stephen of Nicaea, bishop and martyr.
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 5 July as a bishop and martyr at Reggio Calabria.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 5 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2344428 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.