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Saint Congar
saint venerated in Brittany, England and Wales
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Feast: 7 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
470
Died
520
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Congar (also Cumgar or Cungar; Welsh: Cyngar; Latin: Concarius) (c. 470 – 27 November 520) was a Welsh abbot and supposed bishop in Somerset, then in the British kingdom of Dumnonia, now in England.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Connected on this site
- Kigwe Saint Brother or sister
Sources
- Wikidata Q3463717 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Congar of Congresbury (CC BY-SA)
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