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Sebaldus
German saint
SaintFull write-upGermanyBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 19 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
750
Died
800
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Nuremberg in Franconia in Germany, Saint Sebaldus, hermit.
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 19 August as a hermit at Nuremberg.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 19 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q516729 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Sebaldus (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.