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Aventin
saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 13 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
785
Died
801
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the valley of Larboust in the Pyrenees, in France, Saint Aventin, hermit and martyr, who tradition says was killed by the Moors.
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 June as a hermit of the Pyrenees who tradition says was killed by the Moors.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 13 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2873472 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Aventin (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.