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Bertilo of Dijon
SaintFull write-upBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 26 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
878
verified
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
St. Bertilo, chorepiscopus and abbot at Dijon, died after a saintly life in 878.
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
A Benedictine Martyrology (1922) remembers him on 26 March.
Sources
- A Benedictine Martyrology (Alexius Hoffmann OSB, 1922), 26 March
- Wikidata Q113356376 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.