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Samthann

Irish folk saint

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Feast: 19 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

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unknown

Died

739

Beatified

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not needed: before formal processes

Canonised

By tradition

recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Samthann , modernised spelling Samhthann or Samthana, is an Irish folk saint, purportedly a Christian nun and abbess in Early Christian Ireland. She is one of only four female Irish saints for whom Latin Lives exist. She died on 19 December 739.

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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 Q1278739 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Samthann (CC BY-SA)

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