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Elpidi del Gavaldà
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 16 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
257
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Ilpide is a Christian saint venerated by both the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. A contemporary of Saint Privatus and, like him, from the Gévaudan, he is said to have died a martyr around 257.
Summary translated from the French Wikipedia article Saint Ilpide (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 (Conference des eveques de France) — Saint Ilpide — Ilpide (Elpidius) of the Gevaudan, contemporary of St Privat, martyred c. 257; honoured in the diocese of Mende (he appears in Nominis's own 'Les saints du diocese de Mende'), buried at Brioude, relics translated 1855, a
- Wikidata Q3463850 — 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.