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Baccus (saint)
Christian martyr and saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 7 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
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
In the region of Rusafa in Syria near the river Euphrates, Saints Sergius and Baccus, martyrs.
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 7 October as a martyr with Saint Sergius at Rusafa in Syria.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 7 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2878201 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.