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Sagar
Greek bishop and saint (died 175)
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 6 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
100
Died
175
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Laodicea in Phrygia, in present-day Turkey, Saint Sagar, bishop and martyr under Servilius Paulus, proconsul of the province of Asia.
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 October as a bishop of Laodicea martyred under the proconsul Servilius Paulus.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 6 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2211620 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Sagar of Laodicea (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.