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Caillín

medieval Irish saint

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Feast: 13 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
501
Died
unknown
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Caillin (fl. c.570) was an Irish medieval saint and monastic founder. His Feast day is celebrated on 13 November. The patron saint of Fenagh, County Leitrim, Caillin was born in the 6th century and founded a monastic settlement at Fenagh. His history was given in the Old Book of Fenagh (no longer extant; material included in the Book of Fenagh). The Annals of the Four Masters mentioning him living in 464 is based on the late 16th century Book of Fenagh, which is a piece of literature considered unreliable without other historical records. Caillín's siblings lived in the second half of the 6th century, so it is likely Caillín lived at the same time.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources
  • Wikidata Q5017549 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Caillín (CC BY-SA)

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