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Molaise of Leighlin

Irish saint

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 18 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
566
Died
639
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Molaise of Leighlin, also Laisrén or Laserian (died ca. 639), was an early Irish saint and abbot of Lethglenn or Leithglenn, now Old Leighlin in County Carlow, who is supposed to have lived in the 6th and 7th centuries. In Scotland, he is known as "Molaise" while in Ireland he is revered as "Laserian".

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

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