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Saint Petroc
Welsh prince and Christian saint
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Feast: 4 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
450
Died
564
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Petroc or Petrock (Medieval Latin: Petrocus; Welsh: Pedrog; French: Perreux; c. 468 – c. 564) was a British prince and Christian saint.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Connected on this site
- Gwynllyw Saint Brother or sister
- Kevin of Glendalough Saint Pupil
Sources
- Wikidata Q534049 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Petroc (CC BY-SA)
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