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Oran of Iona
6th-century Christian saint
SaintResearchedIrelandPre-congregation
Feast: 27 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
450
Died
563
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
On the island of Iona in Scotland, Saint Oran, monk, who was among the first disciples of Saint Columba.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 27 October as one of the first disciples of Columba on Iona.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 27 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3887270 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Oran of Iona (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.