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Erkembode

Irish priest

SaintIrelandBenedictinesPre-congregation

Feast: 12 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
unknown
Died
742
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Of the early life of Erkembode, who lived in the late 7th and first half of the 8th centuries, nothing is known. It has been surmised that he was an Irish monk who travelled with several companions to Sithiu, now Saint-Omer in northern France where he lived in the monastery.

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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

  • Benedict of Aniane Saint
    “In later times that abbey of Sithiu became part of the Order of Saint Benedict after the Carolingian reforms of Benedict of Aniane.” — Wikipedia
Sources
  • Wikidata Q1748242 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Erkembode (CC BY-SA)

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