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William of Pontoise
Roman Catholic saint
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Feast: 10 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
1192
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Pontoise near Paris in France, Saint William, priest, who, English by birth, became a parish priest and shone with zeal for souls and a spirit of piety.
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 10 May as an English-born parish priest at Pontoise, zealous for souls.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 10 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q8020900 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — William of Pontoise (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.