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Theogenes of Hippo
bishop of Hippo and martyr (-256)
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 26 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
256
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Hippo in Numidia in present-day Algeria, Saint Theogenes, martyr, on whom Saint Augustine preached a sermon.
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 26 January as a martyr of Hippo on whom Augustine preached.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 26 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q85974256 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.