Illtud

Who they were

In the monastery of Llanilltud Fawr in Wales, Saint Illtud, abbot, founder of this monastery, in which the fame of his holiness and of his outstanding learning gathered many disciples.

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 6 November as the founding abbot of Llanilltud Fawr in Wales, whose holiness and learning drew many disciples.

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