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Basil of Bologna
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Born
400
Died
335
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Bologna, St. Basil, bishop, who was ordained by Pope St. Silvester. He governed the Church entrusted to him in the greatest holiness both by word and example.
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 6 March.
Sources
- The Martyrology of the Order of Friars Preachers (tr. W. R. Bonniwell OP, 1955), 6 March
- Wikidata Q16175584 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.