Émilien of Nantes
Feast: 27 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Émilien of Nantes (Latin: Aemilianus; died c. 725) was a French religious leader who was canonized by the church as a martyr for dying in a fight against the Saracens in Burgundy in 725 AD. No written records earlier than the 16th century survive, and there are no records of a Bishop Émilien of Nantes. The legend probably has its roots in a real clash with the Saracens, who were present in the region at the time, but has been considerably embroidered.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q3588894 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Émilien of Nantes (CC BY-SA)
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