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Basil of Braga
SaintPre-congregation
Born
40
Died
90
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Basil of Braga is a Portuguese saint. According to the tradition of Braga he was the 2nd bishop of Braga, between 60 and 95, having earlier been the 1st bishop of Meinedo. He received episcopal ordination from Saint Peter of Rates, the 1st bishop of Braga.
Summary translated from the Portuguese Wikipedia article Basílio de Braga (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
- CatholicSaints.Info — Saint Basileus of Braga (citing Book of Saints, Monks of Ramsgate, and the Roman Martyrology 1914 edition) — Memorial 23 May; 'First bishop of Braga, Portugal'. Catalan Wikipedia calls him legendary, but the 1914 Roman Martyrology and the Ramsgate Book of Saints honour him, so the Catholic Church does venerate him.
- Wikidata Q11908660 — 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.