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Antiochus of Lyon
early Bishop of Lyon and Catholic saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 13 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
410
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Lyon in France, Saint Antiochus, bishop, who, while still a priest, undertook a long journey to visit Saint Justus, his bishop, who was then living in a hermitage in Egypt.
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 13 August as a bishop of Lyon who as a priest travelled to Egypt to visit his bishop Saint Justus.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 13 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q23580984 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Antiochus of Lyon (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.