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Memmius
French bishop
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 5 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
250
Died
300
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Châlons-sur-Marne in Gallia Belgica, now in France, Saint Memmius, venerated as the first bishop of this city.
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 5 August as the saint venerated as the first bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne.
Connected on this site
- Pome Saint Brother or sister
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 5 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3305468 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Memmius (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.