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Iserninus
Irish bishop
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Born
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unknown
Died
456
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Iserninus (or Isernius) (c. 456 AD) was an early Christian missionary of Ireland who is associated with Saint Patrick and Saint Auxilius in establishing Christianity in the south of that island. More recent research associates him not with Patrick but with Palladius.
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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
- CatholicSaints.Info — Book of Saints: Auxilius, Iserninus and Secundinus — The three bishops sent to help St Patrick in Ireland, kept together as saints; Iserninus died c.468.
- Wikidata Q6079731 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Iserninus (CC BY-SA)
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