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Pacian
bishop of Barcelona
SaintFull write-upAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 9 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
310
Died
390
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Barcelona in northern Spain, Saint Pacian, bishop, who, in preaching the faith, declared that his name was Christian and his surname Catholic.
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 8 March as a bishop of Barcelona who said his name was Christian and his surname Catholic.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 8 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q920309 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Pacian (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.