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Saint

Benignus of Utrecht

Bishop of Utrecht

A bishop of Utrecht, commemorated in the old Western calendars.

Feast
June 28old style July 11
Era
6th century
Place
Utrecht

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