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Germerius
Bishop of Toulouse
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 16 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
480
Died
560
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Toulouse in the region of Aquitaine in France, Saint Germerius, bishop, who strove to increase devotion to Saint Saturninus and to visit the people entrusted to him.
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 16 May as a bishop of Toulouse who spread devotion to Saint Saturninus and visited his people.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 16 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q657030 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Germerius (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.