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Raoul of Turenne
French priest
SaintFull write-upBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 21 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
801
Died
866
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Bourges in Aquitaine, now in France, Saint Raoul, bishop, who, full of care for the life of the priests, together with the priests of the Church entrusted to him took care to gather into a collection sayings of the holy Fathers and of the canons for pastoral use.
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 21 June as a bishop of Bourges who, with his priests, compiled sayings of the Fathers and canons for pastoral use.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 21 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q323955 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Rodulf (archbishop of Bourges) (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.