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Carantoc
5-6th-century abbot, confessor, and Welsh saint
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Feast: 16 May (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
In Britain, Saint Carantoc, bishop and abbot of Cardigan.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 16 May as a bishop and abbot of Cardigan in Britain.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 16 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2758802 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Carannog (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.