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Buite

Irish saint

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Feast: 7 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
unknown
Died
521
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Buíte (died c. 519/20 or 521), also known as Buíte mac Bronach (Brónaig), and Boetius, was a sixth-century Irish monastic. He was born near Mellifont, Louth; visited Wales and Italy; returned through Germany and Scotland to Antrim, and thence to Louth, where he built Monasterboice, i.e. the Monastery of Buite.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

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