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Ségéne mac Fiachnaí

Abbot of Iona

SaintPre-congregation

Born

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unknown

Died

652

Beatified

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not needed: before formal processes

Canonised

By tradition

recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Ségéne mac Fiachnaí (or Ségéne of Iona) (died 12 August 652) was the fifth abbot of the Iona Abbey in Scotland (623–652).

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Connected on this site

Oswald of Northumbria Saint
“Ségéne also established the first Gaelic missionaries amongst the English, sending Corman and then Áedan, the latter of whom, with the help of King Oswald of Northumbria (who himself had spent time in exile at Iona), established a daughter house and bishopric at Lindisfarne.” — Wikipedia

Sources

Wikidata Q4412767 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Ségéne mac Fiachnaí (CC BY-SA)

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