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Rigobert
French bishop and saint
SaintFull write-upFranceBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 4 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
650
Died
733
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Reims, also in Neustria, in present-day France, Saint Rigobert, bishop, who, unlawfully driven from his see by Charles Martel, leader of the Franks, lived in humility.
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 4 January as a bishop of Reims driven from his see by Charles Martel.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 4 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q686561 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Rigobert (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.