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Lidoire

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Feast: 13 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
—
unknown
Died
371
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

At Tours in Gallia Lugdunensis, now in France, Saint Litorius, bishop, who was the first to build a church within the walls of this city, where Christians had long been present.

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 13 September as a bishop of Tours who built the first church within the city walls.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.

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