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Castritian
Bishop of Milan
SaintFull write-upAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 1 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
300
Died
300
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Milan, Saint Castritian, bishop.
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 1 December as a bishop of Milan.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q436542 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Castritian (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.