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Saint Machar
Irish missionary
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Feast: 12 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
550
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Machar was a 6th-century Irish Saint active in Scotland.
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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 Q3842078 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Machar (CC BY-SA)
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