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Saint Briac

Irish Saint

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 17 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
unknown
Died
627
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Briag (Breton) or Briac (French) was an Irish monk who came to Brittany in the company of Saint Tudwal. His feast day is 17 December.

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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 Q13582379 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Briag (CC BY-SA)

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