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Solange
Carolingian saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 10 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
900
Died
878
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Near Bourges in the region of Aquitaine, in France, Saint Solange, virgin, who tradition says faced martyrdom to preserve her chastity.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 10 May as a virgin near Bourges who, tradition says, was martyred to preserve her chastity.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 10 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1529821 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Solange of Bourges (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.