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Pascharius
bishop of Nantes
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 10 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Nantes in Brittany, Saint Pascharius, bishop, who received Saint Ermeland, whom he had called from the monastery of Fontenelle, together with twelve companions, and sent him to the island of Indre to found a monastery there.
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 10 July as the bishop of Nantes who welcomed Saint Ermeland and sent him with twelve companions to found a monastery on the island of Indre.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 10 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q84552620 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.