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St Goban
6th century saint from Ireland, "Gobhnena of Tascaffin"
SaintPre-congregation
Born
700
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Goban, Saint Gobban, or Saint Gobhan is the name of various saints of early Christian Ireland. The ecclesiastical integrity and merit of the saint(s) is often debased by confusing, composite attempted biographies.
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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 Q4140838 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Goban (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full: no Church source with an account of this person has been found yet. The name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.