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Porcarius
Abbot and martyr
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Feast: 12 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
732
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Porcarius II, in French Porchaire II or Porcaire II (died c. 732), was a Benedictine abbot who governed the Abbey of Lérins at a time when the monastery included over 500 monks.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Wikidata Q7229964 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Porcarius II (CC BY-SA)
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