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Maurin d'Agen
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 25 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
500
Died
550
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the territory of Agen in Aquitaine, now in France, Saint Maurin, martyr, who is said to have been slain by pagans while he was evangelising the rural population.
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 25 November as a martyr near Agen, said to have been killed by pagans while evangelising the countryside.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 25 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3301647 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.