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Chagnoald
Frankish bishop
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 24 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
550
Died
633
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Laon in France, Saint Chagnoald, bishop, who was a disciple of Saint Columban and the only minister in his hermitage near Bregenz.
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 6 September as a bishop of Laon and disciple of Saint Columban.
Connected on this site
- Burgundofara Saint Brother or sister
- Saint Faro Saint Brother or sister
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 6 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1237969 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Chagnoald (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.