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Aristeus of Capua
bishop, d. c. 303
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Born
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unknown
Died
303
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Capua, the holy martyrs Aristaeus, bishop, and a boy Antoninus.
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 Dominican Martyrology (1955) remembers him on 3 September.
Sources
- The Martyrology of the Order of Friars Preachers (tr. W. R. Bonniwell OP, 1955), 3 September
- Wikidata Q21660150 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.