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Fanchea
Irish saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 1 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
550
Died
585
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Fanchea of Rossory is an Irish saint recognized by the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Church in Wales, and the Catholic Church. She was the sister of Saint Enda of Arran, whom she persuaded to become a monk. Her feast day is January 1.
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
- Enda of Aran Saint Brother or sister
Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints - St Enda, abbot, and St Fanchea, virgin (21 March) — Butler treats "St Enda, abbot, and St Fanchea, virgin" together; Fanchea of Rossory, sister of St Enda, is kept on 1 January in Ireland.
- Wikidata Q16198541 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Fanchea (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.