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Aprus of Sens
priest
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 5 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Near Vienne in Gallia Lugdunensis, now in France, Saint Aprus, priest, who, having left his homeland, built himself a small cell and withdrew to a life of solitude and penance.
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 4 December as a priest who left his homeland to live in solitude and penance near Vienne.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 4 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4782141 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Aprus of Sens (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.