Picture: see filename or category · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Eugenius of Florence
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 17 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
400
Died
450
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
The Roman Martyrology names on 17 November a St Eugenius who was deacon to St Zenobius of Florence and a disciple of St Ambrose.
Butler mentions him only briefly, in his notice of St Eugenius of Toledo.
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
Deacon to St Zenobius of Florence and disciple of St Ambrose.
Connected on this site
- Eugenius of Toledo Saint“Butler mentions him only briefly, in his notice of St Eugenius of Toledo.” — this site's research
- Zenobius of Florence Saint“The Roman Martyrology names on 17 November a St Eugenius who was deacon to St Zenobius of Florence and a disciple of St Ambrose.” — this site's research
Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints, ed. Thurston and Attwater (1956), vol. IV - 13 November
- Wikidata Q8520898 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.