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Patrocle de Bourges
Merovingian ascetic
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 18 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
496
Died
576
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Colombier in the territory of Bourges, in France, Saint Patroclus, priest, who was a hermit and missionary.
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 18 November as a priest, hermit and missionary at Colombier near Bourges.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 18 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q16100476 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Patroclus of Bourges (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.