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Sever de Rustan
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 1 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
450
Died
502
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the region of Aquitaine in France, Saint Sever, priest, who gave his goods for the building of churches and for the service of the poor.
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 1 August as a priest in Aquitaine who gave his goods to build churches and serve the poor.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q17354927 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.