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Namatius
Bishop of Clermont
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 27 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
—
unknown
Died
462
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Clermont-Ferrand in Aquitaine, now in France, Saint Namatius, bishop, who built the cathedral.
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 27 October as the bishop of Clermont who built its cathedral.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 27 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4312743 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Namatius (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.