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Saint Modan
Irish chieftain and saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 30 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
501
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
St Modan was the son of an Irish chieftain. He became a monk and built a chapel at Dryburgh, Scotland, in 522 which he used as a base for several years. This later became the site of a monastery: Dryburgh Abbey.
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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 Q4299297 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Modan (CC BY-SA)
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