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Saint Calminius
French saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 19 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
501
Died
700
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Calminius was the legendary founder, between the 6th and 7th centuries, of the abbeys of Mozac (Puy-de-Dôme), Laguenne near Tulle (Corrèze) and Le Monastier-Saint-Chaffre. He is considered a saint by the Catholic Church, and his liturgical feast falls on 19 August.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Connected on this site
- Saint Namadie Saint Spouse
Sources
- Nominis (French Bishops' Conference) — Saint Calmin — "Calmin... Calminius, 'sénateur d'Auvergne', fonda le monastère de Calminiac... mort à Mozac, près de Riom", feast 19 August — matches.
- Wikidata Q2162586 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Calminius (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.