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Candida the Younger
Catholic saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Born
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unknown
Died
586
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Naples in Campania, St. Candida the Younger, noted for her miracles.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Dominican Martyrology (1955) remembers her on 10 September.
Sources
- The Martyrology of the Order of Friars Preachers (tr. W. R. Bonniwell OP, 1955), 10 September
- Wikidata Q16661327 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.