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Rumbold of Mechelen
Irish or Scottish Christian missionary and martyr
SaintResearchedIrelandPre-congregation
Feast: 24 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
700
Died
800
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Mechelen in Brabant, in present-day Belgium, Saint Rumbold, venerated as a hermit and martyr.
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 24 June at Mechelen, where he is venerated as a hermit and martyr.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 24 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q965463 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Rumbold of Mechlin (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.