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Elian
Welsh saint
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Feast: 13 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
600
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Elian was a saint who founded a church in North Wales around the year 450. His feast day is 13 January.
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
- Canna Saint Parent, Mother
Sources
- Menology of England and Wales (Stanton) - 13 January — "In Wales, the festival of St. Elian ap Erbin" on 13 January, the feast in our record.
- Wikidata Q4411544 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Elian (Welsh saint) (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.