Renatus of Angers
French catholic bishop
Feast: 12 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Renatus (Italian: San Renato, French: Saint-René) is the name of a French and an Italian saint of the Catholic Church who is claimed to be the same person. There are different stories of two saints with by the name Renatus, who were later merged into a single one based on their described similarities and contemporaneity. Both are venerated in Italy and France. They were: Saint Renatus of Sorrento (San Renato di Sorrento), and Saint Renatus of Angers (Saint-René d'Angers). Part of their stories seem to be a legend, part incomplete and part deficient historically documented.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
- santiebeati.it, 'San Renato di Angers, Vescovo' — 'San Renato di Angers, Vescovo, festa 12 novembre' — feast matches the entry exactly. Venerated both at Angers and (as San Renato di Sorrento) in Italy.
- Wikidata Q7886906 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Renatus of Angers (CC BY-SA)
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