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Ismidon of Sassenage
Roman catholic Bishop
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 28 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
1115
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Die in France, Saint Ismidon, bishop, who, moved by love for the holy places, twice made a devout pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
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 30 September as a bishop of Die who twice made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 30 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q78908529 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.