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Simpert
German bishop and saint
SaintFull write-upGermanyBenedictinesDocumented cause
Feast: 13 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
750
Died
807
Beatified
—
not on record
Canonised
15 January 1468
unverified
Who they were
At Augsburg in Bavaria in Germany, Saint Simpert, who was bishop and abbot of Murbach.
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 13 October as bishop and abbot of Murbach.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 13 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q314027 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Simpert (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.