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Melaine

Medieval bishop

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 6 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
401
Died
501
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Melaine (Latin: Melanius or Mellanus; Breton: Melani; Cornish: Melan; Welsh: Mellon) was a 6th-century Bishop of Rennes in Brittany (now in France).

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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 Q3086457 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Melaine (CC BY-SA)

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