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Lupicinus of Lyon
bishop of Lyon
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 3 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Lyon in France, Saint Lupicinus, bishop, at the time of the persecution of the Vandals.
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 3 February as a bishop of Lyon at the time of the Vandal persecution.
Connected on this site
- Saint Rusticus Saint“455 – 25 April 501), the successor of Saint Lupicinus of Lyon (491-494), served as Archbishop of Lyon from 494 to April 501.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 3 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1813118 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Lupicinus of Lyon (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.