Paracode

Who they were

Paracoda, or Paracodes, was the seventh bishop of Vienne in France; ancient sources attest to his existence but tell us nothing of his life beyond his name and his place in the list of the diocese's bishops, coming after St Denis. Medieval attempts to date him — one placing him under Pope Victor at the end of the 2nd century, another around 235 — have both been shown to rest on later forgeries.

Modern scholarship instead places him in the second half of the 4th century, since his successor, St Florentius, is recorded around 374. His feast was fixed for 1 January.

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

Seventh bishop of Vienne in France, of whom nothing is known beyond his place in the list of the city's bishops; his feast is 1 January.