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Sillan

mediaeval Irish abbot and saint

SaintPre-congregation

Born

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unknown

Died

609

Beatified

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not needed: before formal processes

Canonised

By tradition

recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Sillan (or Sillian) (Latin: Selanus; Irish: Síoláin) (died 608 or 610) was early Irish saint and abbot of Bangor Abbey, Bangor, County Down. He was recorded as being a disciple and second or third successor of Saint Comgall, who was the founder and first abbot of the Benedictine monastery at Bangor. The village of Kilsheelan, County Tipperary is named after him. His Irish name is Sioláin which can translate to either "seed-basket" or "cullender/sieve".

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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 Q4419266 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Sillan (CC BY-SA)

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