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Bega of Cumberland
consecrated virgin on the coast of Cumberland
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 6 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
On the coast of Cumberland in England, in a town which afterwards took its name from her, Saint Bega, consecrated virgin.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 6 September as a consecrated virgin on the coast of Cumberland in England, in a town which afterwards took its name from her.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.