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Aphrodisius
bishop
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 28 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
200
Died
300
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Béziers in Gallia Narbonensis, now in France, Saint Aphrodisius, venerated as the first bishop of 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 28 April as the man venerated as the first bishop of Béziers.
Connected on this site
- Gregory of Tours Saint“According to Gregory of Tours, Aphrodisius was an Egyptian who was martyred in Languedoc along with his followers Caralippus (Caralampus), Agapius, and Eusebius.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 28 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q436288 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Aphrodisius (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.