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Foillan

Irish saint

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Feast: 31 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
600
Died
655
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Foillan (Faélán, Faolán, Foélán, French: Feuillen) is an Irish saint of the seventh century.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

Limited information available on this saint.

Sources
  • Wikidata Q1374816 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Foillan (CC BY-SA)

Not yet written up in full: no Church source with an account of this person has been found yet. The name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.

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