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Mainchín of Limerick
Irish saint
SaintResearchedIrelandPre-congregation
Feast: 2 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
652
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Limerick in Ireland, Saint Mainchín of Limerick, venerated as a bishop.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 2 January at Limerick, where he is venerated as a bishop.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 2 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2556690 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Mainchín of Limerick (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.