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Romulus of Fiesole
bishop
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 6 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
—
unknown
Died
100
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Fiesole in Tuscany, Saint Romulus, deacon, celebrated as the first martyr of the city.
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 6 July as a deacon celebrated as the first martyr of Fiesole.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 6 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1342625 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Romulus of Fiesole (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.