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Babolein
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 26 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
677
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Babolen (or Babolenus, Babolin, Babolein; died c. 671) was Abbot of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés Abbey near Paris. He may have been Scottish in origin.
Summary from Wikipedia, Babolen (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
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
- Nominis — Saint Babolein; Benedictine Menology, 26 June — "Saint Babolein — Premier abbé de Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (+ v. 677)"; Benedictine Menology, 26 June: "St. Babolenus ... came to France and was after some time chosen to rule the abbey of Saint-Maur".
- Wikidata Q2877934 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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.