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Viventiolus
Archbishop of Lyon
SaintFull write-uphttp://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/a0e0d0a8ef214bc031a18e2aa8840533Pre-congregation
Feast: 12 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
460
Died
524
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Lyon in France, Saint Viventiolus, bishop, who, raised to the episcopate from the school of the monastery of Saint Eugendus, urged clergy and laity to take part in the Council of Epaone, so that the people might know better the decisions of the pontiffs.
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 12 July as a bishop of Lyon who urged clergy and laity to take part in the Council of Epaone.
Connected on this site
- Saint Rusticus Saint Brother or sister
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 12 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3030296 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Viventiolus (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.