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Claudius of Besançon
French abbot and bishop
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 6 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
700
Died
699
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the Jura mountains, Saint Claudius, who is believed to have been bishop and abbot of the monastery of Condat.
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 June as the saint of the Jura believed to have been bishop and abbot of Condat.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 6 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q188316 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Claudius of Besançon (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.