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Brónach

6th century Irish saint

SaintPre-congregation

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

Born
unknown
Died
512
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Brónach (sometimes anglicised to Bronagh) was a 6th-century holy woman from Ireland, the reputed founder and patron saint of Cell Brónche ("church of Brónach"), now Kilbroney, in County Down, Northern Ireland.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

Limited information available on this saint.

Sources
  • Wikidata Q4096911 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Brónach (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.

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