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Genesius, Bishop of Clermont
French saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 3 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
600
Died
662
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Clermont-Ferrand in Aquitaine, in France, Saint Genesius, bishop, whose body was laid at Manglieu in the church of the monastery he himself had founded, with its attached hospice.
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 3 June as a bishop of Clermont buried at Manglieu in the monastery he founded.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 3 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1238332 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Genesius (bishop of Clermont) (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.