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Céline de Laon
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 21 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
—
unknown
Died
464
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Near Laon, also in France, Saint Céline, mother of the holy bishops Principius of Soissons and Remigius of Reims.
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 Roman Martyrology remembers her on 21 October as the mother of the bishops Saint Principius of Soissons and Saint Remigius of Reims.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 21 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3010195 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Céline of Laon (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.