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Fachtna
Founder of the Irish monastery of Rosscarbery
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 14 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
550
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Fachtna of Rosscarbery, known also as Fachanan, was an Irish Christian leader known as the founder of the monastery of Rosscarbery (Ros Ailithir), County Cork. He died around 600.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Wikidata Q5428546 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Fachtna of Rosscarbery (CC BY-SA)
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