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Fillan
abbot in Scotland
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 9 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
In Scotland, Saint Fillan, abbot of the monastery of Saint Andrew, who, renowned for the austerity of his discipline, spent his life in solitude.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 9 January as an abbot in Scotland who, renowned for his austere discipline, spent his life in solitude.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 9 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q5448797 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.