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Moluag

Irish missionary in Scotland

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 25 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
530
Died
592
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Moluag (c. 510 – 592; also known as Lua, Luan, Luanus, Lugaidh, Moloag, Molluog, Molua, Murlach, Malew) was a Scottish missionary, and a contemporary of Saint Columba, who evangelized the Picts of Scotland in the sixth century. Saint Moluag was the patron saint of Argyll as evidenced by a charter in 1544, from the Earl of Argyll, which states "in honour of God Omnipotent, the blessed Virgin, and Saint Moloc, our patron". The House of Lorne became the kings of Dalriada and eventually united with the Picts to become the kings of Scots.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources
  • Wikidata Q7401926 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Moluag (CC BY-SA)

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