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Alpin de Châlons
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 7 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
—
unknown
Died
480
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Châlons in Gallia Lugdunensis, now in France, Saint Alpin, bishop, who was a disciple of Saint Lupus of Troyes.
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 7 September as a bishop of Châlons and disciple of Saint Lupus of Troyes.
Connected on this site
- Lupus of Troyes Saint“At Châlons in Gallia Lugdunensis, now in France, Saint Alpin, bishop, who was a disciple of Saint Lupus of Troyes.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 7 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q15971890 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.