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Saint Turiau
breton abbot and bishop
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 13 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
650
Died
749
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In Brittany, Saint Turiau, abbot of the monastery of Dol and bishop.
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 13 July as abbot of the monastery of Dol in Brittany and bishop.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 13 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3464104 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Turiaf of Dol (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.