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Regulus African
Catholic saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Born
—
unknown
Died
545
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In Populonia in Tuscany, St. Regulus, martyr. He came from Africa and gained martyrdom at Populonia at the time of Totila.
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 Q3947895 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.