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Gilbert of Limerick

Irish bishop of Limerick and saint

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Feast: 4 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

1070

Died

1143

Beatified

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not needed: before formal processes

Canonised

By tradition

recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Gillebert (Irish: Gilla Espaic; c. 1070–1145) was an Irish Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Limerick from 1106 to 1140.

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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 Q18671342 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Bishop Gillebert (CC BY-SA)

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