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Perpetuus of Maastricht
Bishop of Maastricht
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 4 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
550
Died
617
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Maastricht in Brabant, in present-day Holland, Saint Perpetuus, 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 4 November as a bishop at Maastricht.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 4 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2784633 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.