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Ceccardus of Luni
9th-century Italian bishop and martyr, Catholic saint, patron of Carrara and bishop of Luni
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Feast: 16 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
800
Died
860
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Carrara in Tuscany, the death of Saint Ceccardus, bishop of Luni and Sarzana, who, wickedly killed by some stonecutters near the marble quarries, was held to be a martyr.
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 16 June as a bishop of Luni killed by stonecutters near the marble quarries and held to be a martyr.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 16 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q775270 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ceccardus of Luni (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.