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Ursus of Aosta
Irish saint
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 17 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
550
Died
600
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Aosta, Saint Ursus, priest.
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 1 February as a priest of Aosta.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q384364 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ursus of Aosta (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.