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Ronan of Locronan
Irish saint
SaintResearchedIrelandPre-congregation
Feast: 1 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
550
Died
700
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In Brittany, also in France, Saint Ronan, bishop, who came by sea from Ireland and led the life of a hermit in the woods.
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 1 June as a bishop who came by sea from Ireland and lived as a hermit in the woods of Brittany.
Connected on this site
- Saint Berach Saint Father, Parent
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q510178 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ronan of Locronan (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.