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Sylvia of Aquitaine
historian and saint (0330-0406)
SaintAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 15 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
330
Died
406
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Sylvia of Aquitaine was a fourth century nun from Aquitaine who was believed, based on an account attributed to her, to have gone on a pilgrimage sometime between 379 and 388 A.D. This account, however, is now attributed to another nun named Egeria.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Wikidata Q4419399 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Sylvia of Aquitaine (CC BY-SA)
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