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Agrippanus
7th century martyr
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 1 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
602
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Le Puy-en-Velay in Aquitaine, in France, Saint Agrippanus, bishop and martyr, who is said to have been killed by idolaters while returning from Rome to the Velay.
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 bishop said to have been killed by idolaters on his way back from Rome to the Velay.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q11904319 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.