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Junian of Mairé
6th-century Christian hermit and abbot
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 13 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
587
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Junian (French: Saint Junien) was a 6th-century Christian hermit and abbot. He was the founder of Mairé, or Mariacum, Abbey at Mairé-Levescault in Poitou, France and is the patron saint of Poitou ploughmen.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Wikidata Q6313021 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Junian of Mairé (CC BY-SA)
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