Saint
Benignus of Utrecht
Bishop of Utrecht
A bishop of Utrecht, commemorated in the old Western calendars.
Life
Saint Benignus of Utrecht was bishop of Utrecht in Holland in the sixth century. His relics were uncovered there in 996. The sources preserve no further details of his life.
He is commemorated on 28 June among the saints of the West before the Great Schism (a saint of the undivided Church), by the New Calendar.
Commemorated the same day June 28
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- Paraskeva of ToplovkaVenerable · Abbess of Toplovsky ConventJun 28
- Budimir SokolovićNew MartyrJun 28
- Gregory SamarinHieromartyr · PriestJun 28
- 70 Martyrs of ScythopolisHoly MartyrsJun 28
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