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Gibrian
Irish saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 8 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
509
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the territory of Châlons in France, Saint Gibrian, priest, who, having come from Ireland, was a pilgrim for Christ in France.
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 8 May as an Irish priest who lived as a pilgrim for Christ near Châlons.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 8 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3105370 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Gibrian (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.