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Saint Ultan

Irish musician and saint

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Feast: 2 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
601
Died
655
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Ultan was an Irish monk who later became an abbot. He was the brother of Saints Fursey and Foillan. He was a member of Fursey's mission from Ireland to East Anglia in c. 633, and lived there both as a monastic probationary and later alone as an anchorite. In c. 651 he accompanied his brother Foillan to Nivelles in Merovingian Gaul where they continued their monastic life together.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources
  • Wikidata Q2792032 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Saint Ultan (CC BY-SA)

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