Mars de Nantes
Feast: 5 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Mars of Nantes is a hypothetical bishop of Nantes, presented as a disciple of Saint Melaine, who is said to have exercised his ministry between 537 and 541 before giving up his office to become a hermit. For this reason his name was not kept in the episcopal registers.
Summary translated from the French Wikipedia article Mars de Nantes (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
- Nominis (Conference des eveques de France) - Saint Mars de Nantes Évêque de Nantes — Nominis, the saints database of the French bishops' conference, has a full entry: Saint Mars de Nantes Évêque de Nantes (VI e siècle) Evêque de Nantes dont la biographie se résume dans le nom de plusieurs localités qui l
- Wikidata Q16027415 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.