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Saint Gilduin
27 Jan 1077
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 27 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1050
Died
1077
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Chartres in France, the passing of Saint Gilduin, deacon of Dol in Brittany: elected bishop while still very young, he refused so great an honour in the presence of Pope Saint Gregory VII, judging himself unworthy of it, and, on his way back from Rome, struck by fever, he ended his earthly pilgrimage in this region.
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 27 January as a young deacon of Dol who refused a bishopric before Gregory VII.
Connected on this site
- Gregory VII Saint“At Chartres in France, the passing of Saint Gilduin, deacon of Dol in Brittany: elected bishop while still very young, he refused so great an honour in the presence of Pope Saint Gregory VII, judging himself unworthy of it, and, on his way back from Rome, struck by fever, he ended his earthly pilgrimage in this region.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 27 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3463807 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.