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Sacerdos of Lyon
French saint and bishop of Lyon
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 11 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
487
Died
552
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Paris in France, the death of Saint Sacerdos, bishop of Lyon, who lived in the love and fear of God and died in this city, where he had come for a council.
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 11 September as a bishop of Lyon who died at Paris, where he had come for a council.
Connected on this site
- Aurelianus of Arles Saint Child
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 11 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2049237 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Sacerdos of Lyon (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.