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Mo Ling

Bishop of Ferns

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 17 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
614
Died
696
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Mo Ling (614–697), also named Moling Luachra, was the second Bishop of Ferns in Ireland and has been said to be "one of the four great prophets of Erin". He founded a monastery at St Mullin's, County Carlow. Also in the 7th century, St. Moling is said to have had a church built at Mullennakill in County Kilkenny. His feast day is 17 June. Traditions about him are preserved in two manuscripts, The Birth and Life of St.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources
  • Wikidata Q4300418 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Mo Ling (CC BY-SA)

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