Pourçain
Who they were
Pourçain, also called Portien, Porcianus or Portianus, was a hermit of the 6th century. A former Gallo-Roman slave freed from a brutal master, Mangulfus, he founded the monastery of Mirandense on the banks of the Sioule, of which he then became abbot and where he retired, in today's town of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule (Allier). He stood up to the Merovingian king to ask for the freedom of the slaves of Auvergne.
Summary translated from the French Wikipedia article Pourçain (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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- Nominis (Conférence des évêques de France), 'Saint Pourçain' — 'Saint Pourçain, ermite (VIe siècle)' — the freed Gallo-Roman slave who founded the monastery on the Sioule at what is now Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule and confronted Theuderic over the slaves of the Auvergne. He is entered
- Wikidata Q3400686 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.