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Similian of Nantes
bishop of Nantes
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 16 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Nantes, likewise in Lugdunensian Gaul, Saint Similian, bishop, whom Saint Gregory of Tours praises as a great confessor.
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 16 June as a bishop of Nantes whom Saint Gregory of Tours praised as a great confessor.
Connected on this site
- Gregory of Tours Saint“At Nantes, likewise in Lugdunensian Gaul, Saint Similian, bishop, whom Saint Gregory of Tours praises as a great confessor.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 16 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q20922194 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.