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Digain
5th-century Christian saint
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Feast: 21 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
401
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Digain (also known as Dygain) was a 5th-century Welsh saint and Prince of Dumnonia (now the English West Country).
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
- Erbin of Dumnonia Saint Brother or sister
Sources
- Santi Beati — San Digain, re gallese — 'Digain, Re gallese, V sec., festa 21 novembre' — the feast on this page; Stanton's Menology adds 'DIGAIN (5th cent.)... Patron of Llangernyw, Denbigh'.
- Wikidata Q2093405 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Digain (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.