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Ursus of Auxerre
Bishop of Auxerre
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 30 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
450
Died
508
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Auxerre in Lugdunensis Gaul, in France, Saint Ursus, bishop.
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 30 July as a bishop of Auxerre.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 30 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3358460 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ursus of Auxerre (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.