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Chiaffredo
patron saint of Saluzzo, Italy
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 7 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
250
Died
286
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Chiaffredo (also Chiaffredus, Theofredus, Ciafrè, Chaffre, Teofredo, Jafredo, Jafredus, Eufredus, Jofredus, Sinfredus, Zaffredus) is venerated as the patron saint of Saluzzo, Italy.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Santi e Beati — San Chiaffredo di Saluzzo, martire, festa 7 settembre — Patron of Saluzzo. The veneration is documented from 1387, when Clement VII granted indulgences to visitors of his church at Crissolo, and Bishop Tornabuoni of Saluzzo extended it to the whole diocese at the synod of 1516, mak
- Wikidata Q633800 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Chiaffredo (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.