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Sant'Emiliano I di Vercelli
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 17 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
500
Died
506
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Vercelli, the translation of Saint Emilianus, 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 17 May with the translation of his relics as a bishop of Vercelli.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 17 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q116120575 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.