Saint Warinus
Martyr of the Franks
Feast: 2 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In present-day Saint-Léger in the territory of Arras, in northern France, the passion of Saint Leodegar, bishop of Autun, who, after many tortures and blinding, was unjustly killed by Ebroin, mayor of the palace of King Theuderic. With him is venerated the memory of his brother Saint Warinus, martyr, who two years earlier, likewise by order of Ebroin, died by stoning.
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 2 October as the brother of Saint Leodegar, stoned to death by order of Ebroin.
Connected on this site
- Roman Martyrology, 2 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1115762 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Warinus (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.