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Miliau

Breton saint

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 27 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
470
Died
531
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

St Miliau or Miliav is a Breton saint and eponym of the village of Guimiliau, where he is particularly venerated. He is said to be a good saint to invoke in cases of rheumatism. He is sometimes represented as a cephalophore, i.e. holding his own severed head. It is hard to be sure what historical core there might be to the legends.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

Limited information available on this saint.

Connected on this site

Sources
  • Wikidata Q2086826 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Miliau (CC BY-SA)

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