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Dulcedio de Agen
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 17 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Agen in Aquitaine, now in France, Saint Dulcedio, bishop, who tenaciously defended the Catholic faith against the Arian 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 17 October as a bishop of Agen who defended the Catholic faith against Arianism.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 17 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q67214795 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.