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Bienheuré
French saint
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 9 May (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 Vendôme on the Loire in France, Saint Bienheuré, priest, who led the life of a hermit.
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 9 May as a priest who lived as a hermit at Vendôme.
Connected on this site
- Beatus of Lungern Saint“His legend was conflated with that of Beatus of Lungern.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 9 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4101347 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Bienheuré (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.