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Bekan
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 5 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
550
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Becan, also Becan of Kilbeggan, Began or Beggan, was a 6th-century Irish abbot and a saint of the Catholic Church.
Summary translated from the Polish Wikipedia article Bekan (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
- The Martyrology of Donegal (Míchél Ó Cléirigh OFM), 5 April — Index: 'Becan s. of Cula, of Imlech-fiaich, Apr. 5'. Feast 5 April matches the Bekan of this entry; the Irish Becan of 5 April is the one the Donegal martyrology commemorates.
- Wikidata Q9168401 — 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.