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Isarn de Sant Víctor
SaintFull write-upBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 24 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
980
Died
1048
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Marseille in Provence, Saint Isarn, abbot, who, severe with himself but gentle and peaceable with others, renewed regular discipline in the monastery of Saint Victor.
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 24 September as the abbot who renewed discipline at Saint Victor in Marseille.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 24 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3155133 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.