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Sulpicius the Pious
French bishop and saint
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Feast: 17 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
576
Died
646
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Bourges in the region of Aquitaine, in France, Saint Sulpicius, called the Pious, bishop, who, raised from the royal court to the episcopate, held nothing dearer than caring for the poor.
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 17 January as a bishop of Bourges who held nothing dearer than caring for the poor.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 17 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q393432 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Sulpicius the Pious (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.