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Canna
6th-century female Welsh saint
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Feast: 25 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
600
Died
501
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Canna was a sixth-century mother of saints and later a nun in south Wales, to whom two Welsh churches are dedicated.
Summary from Wikipedia (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.
Connected on this site
Sources
- santiebeati.it — Santa Canna — Welsh saint, wife of St Sadwrn, 6th c.; liturgical memory 25 October.
- Wikidata Q3404543 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Canna (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.