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Didier of Rennes
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 18 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
700
Died
700
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Didier of Rennes was a 7th-century bishop; he was born in Rennes, in Brittany, and died near what is now called Saint-Dizier-l'Évêque in the Territoire de Belfort, in France.
Summary from Wikipedia, Didier of Rennes (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
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
- Nominis (Conférence des évêques de France) — Saint Dizier — Saint Dizier / Didier, bishop of Rennes, killed by brigands in the Vosges on his way back from Rome — the figure of fr:Didier de Rennes, who gave his name to Saint-Dizier-l'Évêque.
- Wikidata Q20961800 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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.