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Mo Chua of Balla
Irish saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 30 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
637
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Mo Chua or Crónán mac Bécáin, also called Claunus, Cuan, Mochua, Moncan and Moncain (died 30 March 637) was a legendary Irish saint who founded the monastery in Balla.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Wikidata Q6886197 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Mo Chua of Balla (CC BY-SA)
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