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Carthage the Elder
Irish saint
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Feast: 5 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
500
Died
600
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Carthage the Elder (or Carthach) was an Irish bishop and abbot in the sixth century. His feast day is 5 March.
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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.
Sources
- Nominis (Conférence des évêques de France) — Saint Carthage l'Ancien († v. 540) — Nominis carries 'Saint Carthage l'Ancien (+ v. 540)'. He is also in the Martyrology of Donegal ('Carthach, Bishop, alumnus of Ciaran of Saighir') and has an entry on catholicsaints.info; bishop of Ossory, feast 5 March.
- Wikidata Q5047307 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Carthage the Elder (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.