Buite
Irish saint
Feast: 7 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Buíte (died c. 519/20 or 521), also known as Buíte mac Bronach (Brónaig), and Boetius, was a sixth-century Irish monastic. He was born near Mellifont, Louth; visited Wales and Italy; returned through Germany and Scotland to Antrim, and thence to Louth, where he built Monasterboice, i.e. the Monastery of Buite.
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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.
- Nominis (Conference des eveques de France) - Saint Buite Abbé vénéré en Ecosse et en Irlande — Nominis: abbot, founder of Monasterboice; santiebeati.it also has him at 7 December.
- Wikidata Q2927784 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Buíte of Monasterboice (CC BY-SA)
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.