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Saint Inan

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Feast: 28 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
900
Died
900
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Inan (Evan) was the patron saint of Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, where he is said to have resided during the 9th century AD. He is reputed to have come as a monk of the Celtic Church from Iona Abbey, and to have died in Irvine, where his tomb was reputed to have been the site of miracles.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources
  • Wikidata Q7401381 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Saint Inan (CC BY-SA)

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