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Saint Taurinus
Gallo-Roman Saint and bishop
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 11 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
350
Died
410
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Évreux in France, Saint Taurinus, venerated as the first bishop of this 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 11 August as the saint venerated as the first bishop of Évreux.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 11 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3516180 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Taurinus (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.