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Sicarius of Brantôme
child saint
Feast: 2 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Sicarius of Brantôme or Sicarius of Bethlehem (Sicaire de Brantôme, Sicaire de Bethléem) was a child saint who was venerated from the time of Charlemagne onwards as one of the victims of the Massacre of the Innocents by Herod the Great, said to have occurred in Bethlehem at the time of the birth of Jesus. His remains are housed in the Abbey of Saint-Pierre in Brantôme, Dordogne, France.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
- Santi e Beati — San Sicario, fanciullo martire venerato a Brantôme — "San Sicario, Fanciullo martire venerato a Brantome, festa 2 maggio" — one of the Holy Innocents whose relics Charlemagne is said to have given Brantôme abbey.
- Wikidata Q19626825 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Sicarius of Brantôme (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.