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Pharaildis
Patron saint of Ghent
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 4 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
650
Died
740
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Pharaildis or Pharailde (Dutch: Veerle) is an 8th-century Belgian virgin and patron saint of Ghent. Her dates are imprecise, but she lived to a great age and died on January 5 at ninety.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Connected on this site
- Amalberga of Maubeuge Saint Parent, Mother
Sources
- Wikidata Q929800 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Pharaildis (CC BY-SA)
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