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Geminianus
Bishop of Modena (d. 396/397)
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 31 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
312
Died
397
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Modena, Saint Geminianus, bishop, who brought his Church back from the Arian heresy to the true faith.
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 31 January as the bishop of Modena who brought his Church back from Arianism.
Connected on this site
- John Chrysostom Saint“Saint John Chrysostom later received the same hospitality.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 31 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q983066 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Geminianus (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.