Marcius

Who they were

Marzio was born in the Auvergne, in Gaul, between about 440 and 445. Around the age of twenty he withdrew to live as a hermit on a mountain called Clermont, and as disciples gathered around him he founded a monastery there around 470, noted for its observance. He was ordained priest and was said to have the gift of miraculous healing.

He died in 530, and his remains were honoured with burial in the monastery's oratory, where many miracles were reported. His monastery later became a dependency of the abbey of Saint-Allyre and lasted until the end of the 18th century; his veneration spread through the Auvergne, and his feast, 13 April, was entered in the calendar of Clermont.

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

Hermit and later abbot of a monastery he founded on a mountain in the Auvergne, renowned for miraculous healings; feast 13 April.