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Armel
medieval Welsh-Breton saint
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Feast: 16 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
482
Died
570
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Armel (Welsh: Arthfael, lit. "Wolf-Prince"; Latin: Armagilus) was an early 6th-century holy man in Brittany.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Connected on this site
- Hywel the Great Saint Parent, Father
Sources
- Wikidata Q737268 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Armel (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full: no Church source with an account of this person has been found yet. The name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.