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Exuperius of Bayeux
Bishop of Bayeux
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 1 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
350
Died
405
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Bayeux in Lugdunensis Gaul, now in France, Saint Exuperius, venerated as the first bishop of this city.
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 1 August as one venerated as the first bishop of Bayeux.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1845849 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Exuperius of Bayeux (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.