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Pega

Anglo-Saxon anchoress

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 8 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

673

Died

719

Beatified

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not needed: before formal processes

Canonised

By tradition

recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Pega (c. 673 – c. 719) is a Christian saint who was an anchoress in the ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, and the sister of St Guthlac.

Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.

The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

Limited information available on this saint.

Connected on this site

Guthlac of Crowland Saint Brother or sister

Sources

Wikidata Q1798943 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Pega (CC BY-SA)

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