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Illidius
French bishop and saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 5 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
385
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Clermont-Ferrand in Aquitaine, in France, Saint Illidius, bishop, who, called by the emperor to Trier to free his daughter from an unclean spirit, passed to the Lord on the journey home.
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 5 June as a bishop of Clermont who died returning from Trier, where the emperor had called him to free his daughter from an unclean spirit.
Connected on this site
- Gregory of Tours Saint“Gregory of Tours mentions Illidius in his work.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 5 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q653804 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Illidius (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.