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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
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unknown
Died
742
Beatified
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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
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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