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Saint Regulus

Legendary Greek saint in Scotland

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 17 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
unknown
Died
400
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Regulus or Saint Rule (Old Irish: Ríagal) was a legendary 4th century monk or bishop of Patras, Greece who in AD 345 is said to have fled to Scotland with the bones of Saint Andrew, and deposited them at St Andrews. His feast day in the Aberdeen Breviary is 17 October.

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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 Q2041896 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Saint Regulus (CC BY-SA)

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