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Armel
medieval Welsh-Breton saint
SaintFull write-upWalesPre-congregation
Feast: 16 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
482
Died
570
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In Brittany, Saint Armel, hermit.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 16 August as a hermit in Brittany.
Connected on this site
- Hywel the Great Saint Parent, Father
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 16 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q737268 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Armel (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.