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Baldus of Tours
bishop of Tours
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 7 November (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
At Tours in Neustria, now in France, Saint Baldus, bishop, who distributed as alms to the poor the gold left by his predecessor.
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 November as a bishop of Tours who gave away to the poor the gold left by his predecessor.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.