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Bonitus
French bishop
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 15 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
623
Died
706
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Lyon in France, the passing of Saint Bonitus, bishop of Clermont-Ferrand, who, from prefect of Marseille, was raised to the episcopate after his brother Saint Avitus; leaving that office ten years later, he lived in the monastery of Manglieu; he died at Lyon, returning from a pilgrimage to Rome.
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 15 January as a bishop of Clermont-Ferrand who died at Lyon returning from a pilgrimage to Rome.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 15 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2910280 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Bonitus (bishop) (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.