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Saint Tanguy

Breton saint

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 12 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
550
Died
594
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Tanguy of Locmazhé, or Sant Tangi in Breton, († 594) was a Breton monk from Gerber (Le Relecq). He founded the abbaye de Saint Matthieu at Le Conquet and is buried at Locmazhé (Finistère). Saint Tanguy is celebrated on 19 November, the day after the festival of his sister Aude de Trémazan, or on 12 March, the same day as the festival of his spiritual father, Saint Pol Aurélien.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources
  • Wikidata Q2045565 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Saint Tanguy (CC BY-SA)

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