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Delphin de Bordeaux
French bishop
SaintFull write-upAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 24 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
—
unknown
Died
404
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Bordeaux in Aquitaine, in France, Saint Delphin, bishop, who was bound to Saint Paulinus of Nola by close friendship and worked strenuously to combat the Priscillianist heresy.
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 24 December as a bishop of Bordeaux, friend of Saint Paulinus of Nola, who fought the Priscillianist heresy.
Connected on this site
- Paulinus of Nola Saint“At Bordeaux in Aquitaine, in France, Saint Delphin, bishop, who was bound to Saint Paulinus of Nola by close friendship and worked strenuously to combat the Priscillianist heresy.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 24 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2330266 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.