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Richarius
French saint
SaintFull write-upFrancePre-congregation
Feast: 26 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
600
Died
645
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the hermitage in the forest of Crécy near Amiens, in the territory of Neustria in France, Saint Richarius, priest, who, moved by the preaching of the Scottish monks, turned to a life of penance.
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 26 April as a priest who, moved by the preaching of Scottish monks, turned to a life of penance in the forest of Crécy.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 26 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q931067 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Richarius (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.