Burkard of Beinwil
parish priest of Beinwil in Aargau
Feast: 18 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the territory of Aargau in present-day Switzerland, Blessed Burkard, priest, who, as parish priest of the village of Beinwil, devoted himself tirelessly to the pastoral care of the flock entrusted to him.
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 18 May as the parish priest of Beinwil in Aargau who devoted himself tirelessly to the flock entrusted to him.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.