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Saint Cybard
6th-century monk and hermit who inhabited a cave beneath the walls of Angoulême for forty-four years
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Feast: 1 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
504
Died
581
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Angoulême in Aquitaine, also in France, Saint Cybard (Eparchius), priest, who spent thirty-nine years as a recluse, intent only on prayer and teaching his disciples that “faith does not fear hunger”.
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 July as a priest who lived thirty-nine years as a recluse at Angoulême, intent only on prayer.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3008097 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Cybard (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.