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Saint Jaoua

Irish priest & bishop of Brittany.

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 2 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

550

Died

—

unknown

Beatified

—

not needed: before formal processes

Canonised

By tradition

recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Joavan (or Jaoua, Joévin, Jouva, Jaouen, Yaouen; born c. 500 - died c. 555) was an Irish priest and bishop in Brittany.

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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 Q3463862 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Joavan (CC BY-SA)

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