Saint Mirin
Irish monk and missionary
Feast: 15 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Mirin (c. 565 – c. 620), also known as Mirren of Benchor (now called Bangor), Merinus, Merryn and Meadhrán, is the patron saint of Paisley, Renfrewshire in Scotland and of the Roman Catholic diocese of Paisley, he was the founder of a religious community which grew to become Paisley Abbey. The shrine of the saint in the abbey became a centre of pilgrimage.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Columbanus Saint Teacher
- Wikidata Q726939 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Mirin (CC BY-SA)
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