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Eberigisil
German bishop
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 24 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
600
Died
594
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Near Tongeren in Brabant, in present-day Belgium, Saint Eberigisil, bishop of Cologne and martyr, who, having set out for Poitiers, was killed on the road by brigands while attending to his pastoral duties.
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 October as a bishop of Cologne killed by brigands on a pastoral journey.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 24 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q316643 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Eberigisil (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.