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Anastasius of Brescia
6th-century Bishop of Brescia
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 20 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
550
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Brescia, Saint Anastasius, 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 20 May as a bishop of Brescia.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 20 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q55215357 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.