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Lelia
virgin in Ireland
SaintResearchedDate unknown
Feast: 12 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Again in Ireland, in a cell that bears her name, Saint Lelia, virgin.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 12 August as a virgin honoured in Ireland at a cell that bears her name.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 12 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Rf4eee45b — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.