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Kenan

Irish bishop and saint

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Feast: 24 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
unknown
Died
489
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

St. Cianán, or Kenan, (died 24 November 489) was a Bishop of Duleek in Ireland. He was descended from the royal blood of the kings of Munster. His feast day is 24 November.

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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 Q4219305 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Cianán (CC BY-SA)

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