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Fredardo di Mende
SaintFull write-upFranciaPre-congregation
Feast: 4 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
—
unknown
Died
826
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Mende in Aquitaine, now in France, Saint Fredardo, bishop and martyr.
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 4 September as a bishop and martyr of Mende.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 4 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q962733 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.