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Senator
bishop of Milan
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 29 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
450
Died
475
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Milan, Saint Senator, bishop, whom, while still a priest, Pope Saint Leo the Great had sent as legate to Constantinople.
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 29 May as a bishop of Milan who had been Pope Leo the Great's legate to Constantinople.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 29 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q941311 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Senator (bishop of Milan) (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.