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Theodore of Pavia
Italian saint
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 20 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
650
Died
778
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Pavia, Saint Theodore, bishop, who suffered exile at the time of the war between the Franks and the Lombards.
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 20 May as a bishop of Pavia exiled during the war between the Franks and the Lombards.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 20 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q16761594 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Theodore of Pavia (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.