Charles I, Count of Flanders
Count of Flanders from 1119 to 1127
Feast: 2 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Bruges in Flanders, in present-day Belgium, Blessed Charles, martyr, who, a prince of Denmark and later Count of Flanders, was a guardian of justice and a defender of the poor, until he was killed by the soldiers whom he was trying in vain to bring to peace.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 2 March as a martyr, a prince of Denmark and Count of Flanders who guarded justice and defended the poor.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Canute IV of Denmark Saint Parent, Father
- Roman Martyrology, 2 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q378217 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Charles the Good (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.