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Patiens
4th bishop of Metz
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 8 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
150
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Metz, also in France, Saint Patiens, bishop.
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 January as a bishop of Metz.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 8 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1388154 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Patiens (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.