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Priscus of Capua
Roman bishop
SaintFull write-upAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 1 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
100
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Capua on the Via Aquaria, St. Priscus, martyr, who was one of the first disciples of Christ.
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 Dominican Martyrology (1955) remembers him on 1 September.
Sources
- The Martyrology of the Order of Friars Preachers (tr. W. R. Bonniwell OP, 1955), 1 September
- Wikidata Q3922156 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.