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Neot

Saint who lived as a monk in Cornwall

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 31 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
unknown
Died
870
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Neot (died 31 July 877) was an English monk. Born in the first half of the ninth century, he lived as a monk at Glastonbury Abbey. He preferred to perform his religious devotions privately, and he later went to live an isolated life in Cornwall, near the village now called St Neot. His wisdom and religious dedication earned him admiration from the monks. He visited the Pope in Rome, who instructed him to found a monastery in Cornwall.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

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