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Éon d'Arles
French archbishop
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 18 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
401
Died
502
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Arles in Provence in France, Saint Éon, bishop, who defended his Church from the Pelagian heresy and recommended to his people as his successor Saint Caesarius, whom he had ordained priest.
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 18 August as a bishop of Arles who defended his Church from Pelagianism.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 18 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1848092 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.