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Rudesind
Galician bishop and abbot
SaintFull write-upKingdom of PortugalBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 1 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
907
Died
977
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Celanova in Galicia in Spain, Saint Rudesind, formerly bishop of Mondoñedo, who worked to promote and renew monastic life in that province and, having laid down the office of bishop, took the monastic habit in the monastery of Celanova, which he then governed as abbot.
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 1 March as a bishop of Mondoñedo who renewed monastic life and became abbot of Celanova.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2659457 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Rudesind (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.