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Elli
Welsh saint, patron of Llanelli
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 23 January (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 Elli was a 6th-century Welsh saint, or possibly two saints. Llanelli in Carmarthenshire and Llanelly in Monmouthshire are both named after Elli.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Connected on this site
- Cadoc Saint Teacher
Sources
- Wikidata Q17509259 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Elli (CC BY-SA)
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