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Aelhaearn

Welsh saint, disciple of Beuno

SaintKingdom of PowysDate unknown

Feast: 2 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
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Died
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Beatified
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Canonised
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Who they were

Saint Aelhaiarn or Aelhaearn (Welsh for "Iron Brow"; fl. early 7th century) was a Welsh confessor and saint of the British Church. He was a disciple of Saint Beuno. His feast day was usually observed on 2 November, although it is sometimes recorded as the 1st and is no longer observed by either the Anglican or Catholic church in Wales.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Connected on this site

Sources
  • Wikidata Q18593818 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Aelhaiarn (CC BY-SA)

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