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Laurianus
Archbishop of Seville
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 4 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
480
Died
546
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the village of Vatan near Bourges in Aquitaine, in France, Saint Laurianus, martyr.
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 4 July as a martyr at Vatan near Bourges.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 4 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q5971743 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.