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Guntram
king of Burgundy from 561 to 592
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 28 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
532
Died
592
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Chalon-sur-Saône in Burgundy in France, the burial of Saint Guntram, king of the Franks, who distributed his treasures to the churches and the poor.
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 28 March as a king of the Franks who gave his treasures to the churches and the poor.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 28 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q295086 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Guntram (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.