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Cybi
Cornish-Welsh bishop and saint
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Feast: 8 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
483
Died
555
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Cybi (Welsh), or Cuby (Cornish), was a 6th-century Cornish bishop, saint, and, briefly, king, who worked largely in Cornwall and North Wales: his biography is recorded in two slightly variant medieval vitae.
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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.
Connected on this site
- Gwen ferch Cynyr Saint Parent, Mother
- Salomon of Cornwall Saint Father, Parent
- Wenna Saint Parent
Sources
- Nominis (French bishops' conference) - Saint Cybi (VIe siecle) — 6th-century Cornish-Welsh saint, founder of the monastery of Caer Cybi (Holyhead); feast 8 November - matches. Also in Butler's Lives ('ST CYBI, OR CUBY, Abbot', November 8).
- Wikidata Q3399340 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Cybi (CC BY-SA)
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