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Bracchio
Thuringian abbot and saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 9 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
576
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Bracchio of Tours (or of Auvergne) (d. 576 AD) was an abbot. Bracchio had been a Thuringian nobleman who had served in the court of Sigiswald of Clermont. Gregory of Tours writes that Bracchio’s name meant “bear’s whelp” in the Germanic language.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Gregory of Tours Saint“Gregory of Tours writes that Bracchio’s name meant “bear’s whelp” in the Germanic language.” — Wikipedia