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Saint Lycerius
French bishop and saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 27 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
500
Died
548
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the region of Aquitaine in France, in the town that later took its name from him, Saint Lycerius, bishop, who, of Spanish origin and a disciple of the bishop Saint Faustus of Riez, protected the city by his prayers from the invasion of the Visigoths.
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 August as a bishop who protected his city from the Visigoths by his prayers.
Connected on this site
- Faustus of Riez Saint“In the region of Aquitaine in France, in the town that later took its name from him, Saint Lycerius, bishop, who, of Spanish origin and a disciple of the bishop Saint Faustus of Riez, protected the city by his prayers from the invasion of the Visigoths.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 27 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2061241 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Lycerius (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.