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Isan
Welsh saint
SaintPre-congregation
Born
501
Died
550
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Isan was a 6th-century saint of South Wales and Patron Saint of Llanishen in Cardiff, Wales.
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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.
Connected on this site
- Illtud Saint Teacher
Sources
- Stanton, A Menology of England and Wales (Catholic, imprimatur), list of Welsh patron saints — 'ISAN (6th cent.), of the College of St. Illtyd, Patron of Llanishen, Glamorgan, and Llanishen, Monmouth' — two parish churches carry his dedication (St Isan's, Llanishen, Cardiff), a genuine pre-Reformation Welsh paroch
- Wikidata Q18126070 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Isan (CC BY-SA)
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