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Nepotian of Altinum
SaintFull write-upAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 11 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
365
Died
396
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Nepotian was the nephew of St Heliodorus, bishop of Altino.
When Nepotian was ordained priest, St Jerome wrote to him urging him to take his uncle Heliodorus as the model of a Christian pastor.
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
A priest of Altino, nephew of St Heliodorus and correspondent of St Jerome.
Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints, ed. Thurston and Attwater (1956), vol. III - 3 July
- Wikidata Q3947713 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.