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Eliphius
Christian martyr
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 16 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
400
Died
362
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the territory of Toul in France, Saint Eliphius, who is said to have received the crown of martyrdom.
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 16 October as a saint of the Toul region said to have received the crown of martyrdom.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 16 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q932936 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Eliphius (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.