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Plechelm

Irish Benedictine monk, missionary and saint

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Feast: 15 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
601
Died
730
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Plechelm, (Plechelm of Guelderland, Plechelm, also Pleghelm or Plechelmus; died 730), is honoured in both the Catholic Church and the Old Catholic Church as a patron saint of the Netherlands.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

Limited information available on this saint.

Sources
  • Wikidata Q3392202 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Plechelm (CC BY-SA)

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