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Melangell

Welsh hermit and patron saint of hares

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 31 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
700
Died
700
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Melangell (Welsh: [mɛˈlaŋgɛɬ]), Latin: Monacella, lit. 'little nun') was a Welsh hermit and abbess. She possibly lived in the 7th or 8th century, although the precise dates are uncertain. According to her hagiography, she was originally an Irish princess who fled an arranged marriage and became a consecrated virgin in the wilderness of the Kingdom of Powys. She supernaturally protected a hare from a prince's hunting dogs, and was granted land to found a sanctuary and convent.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources
  • Wikidata Q7225389 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Melangell (CC BY-SA)

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