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Saint Contest
Contest
SaintFrancePre-congregation
Feast: 19 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
—
unknown
Died
513
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Contentius (died 510) was bishop of Bayeux from 480 until his death. He is a Catholic and Orthodox saint. His feast day is 19 January.
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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.
Sources
- Nominis (Conférence des évêques de France) — Saint Conteste, évêque de Bayeux († 513) — Bishop of Bayeux in succession to St Manvieu; buried in the church of Saint-Exupère, translated in 1162 to Fécamp abbey, his relics saved from the Huguenots at Argentan in 1562 and his right femur translated to the churc
- Wikidata Q2995623 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Contentius (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.