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Alena
Frankish saint
SaintDocumented cause
Feast: 18 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
601
Died
640
Beatified
—
not on record
Canonised
26 May 1193
unverified
Who they were
Alena, also known as Alène or Alina, is a Christian saint who was martyred around the year 640. She is sometimes referred to as Alena of Forest, Alena of Brussels, or Alena of Belgium, having died in Forest, Belgium, which is now one of the nineteen municipalities of Brussels.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Santi, beati e testimoni - Sant'Alena da Forest — Santiebeati.it, the Italian Catholic saints dictionary, carries a full entry: Sant'Alena da Forest - Vergine e martire | Dielbeek (Bruxelles) 620 ca. – Forest (Belgio), 17 giugno 640.
- Wikidata Q2837050 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Alena (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.