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Julie de Troyes
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 21 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
270
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the same place [Troyes in Gaul], St. Julia, virgin and martyr.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Dominican Martyrology (1955) remembers her on 21 July.
Sources
- The Martyrology of the Order of Friars Preachers (tr. W. R. Bonniwell OP, 1955), 21 July
- Wikidata Q16647535 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.