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Nectarius of Auvergne
Martyr and Christian missionary.
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 9 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
320
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Nectarius of Auvergne (also known as Nectarius of St-Nectaire, Nectarius of Limagne, Necterius of Senneterre; French: Nectaire) is venerated as a 4th-century martyr and Christian missionary.
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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.
Connected on this site
- Austromoine Saint Teacher
- Baudime d'Auvergne Saint Pupil
Sources
- Diocese of Clermont — Saint-Nectaire, 9 décembre — The diocese of Clermont's own saints page keeps Saint Nectaire on 9 December — matching the record — as ‘compagnon du premier évêque d'Auvergne, chargé d'évangéliser le sud-ouest du diocèse’, a companion of St Austremoin
- Wikidata Q6985826 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Nectarius of Auvergne (CC BY-SA)
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.