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Saint Médéric
SaintFull write-upFranceBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 29 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
700
Died
700
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Paris in the territory of Neustria, in France, Saint Médéric, priest and abbot of Autun, who lived in a cell near the city.
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 29 August as a priest and abbot of Autun who lived in a cell near Paris.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 29 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3463994 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Mederic (monk) (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.