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Carthage the Elder
Irish saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 5 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
500
Died
600
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Carthage the Elder (or Carthach) was an Irish bishop and abbot in the sixth century. His feast day is 5 March.
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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 Q5047307 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Carthage the Elder (CC BY-SA)
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