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Sebaldus

German saint

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

Born
750
Died
800
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Sebaldus (or Sebald) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary to Germany in the 9th or 10th century. He settled down as a hermit in the Reichswald near Nuremberg, of which city he is the patron saint.

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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 Q516729 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Sebaldus (CC BY-SA)

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