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Gaudentius of Arezzo
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 19 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
400
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Arezzo in Tuscany (Italy), the holy martyrs Gaudentius, bishop, and Culmatius, deacon. They were slain in the time of Valentinian by the fury of the heathens.
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 Dominican Martyrology (1955) remembers him on 19 June.
Sources
- The Martyrology of the Order of Friars Preachers (tr. W. R. Bonniwell OP, 1955), 19 June
- Wikidata Q3758928 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.