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Albuin
Bishop of Säben-Brixen
SaintFull write-upDocumented cause
Feast: 5 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1000
Died
1006
Beatified
—
not on record
Canonised
1100
unverified
Who they were
At Bressanone in Alto Adige, commemoration of Saint Albuin, bishop, who transferred the episcopal see from Säben to this city.
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 5 February as the bishop who moved the see from Säben to Bressanone.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 5 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q45474 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.