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Himelin
Scottish priest and saint
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Feast: 10 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
750
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Himelin (Hymelin, Himelinus) (died Vissenaken, c. 750 AD) was an Irish or Scottish priest who, returning from a pilgrimage to Rome, fell ill when passing through Vissenaken (in present-day part of the municipality Tienen in Belgium).
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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.
Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints - St Himelin, 10 March — "ST HIMELIN (c. ad. 750). The holy priest Himelin was by birth said to be an Irishman...buried at Vissenaeken". Feast 10 March, as in our record.
- Wikidata Q610913 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Himelin (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.