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Clair du Beauvaisis
SaintPre-congregation
Born
845
Died
884
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Clair of Normandy (845-884) was a Benedictine monk from Kent, an apostle in Normandy, who died a martyr in the Vexin at what is now Saint-Clair-sur-Epte.
Summary translated from the French Wikipedia article Clair de Normandie (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
- Nominis (Conférence des évêques de France), 'Saint Clair' — 'Saint Clair, prêtre bénédictin et martyr (+ v. 884)' — the Kentish-born monk who evangelised the Vexin and was martyred at what is now Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, where his feast is kept on 16 July (18 July elsewhere).
- Wikidata Q2974976 — 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.