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Junian of Mairé
6th-century Christian hermit and abbot
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Feast: 13 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
587
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Junian (French: Saint Junien) was a 6th-century Christian hermit and abbot. He was the founder of Mairé, or Mariacum, Abbey at Mairé-Levescault in Poitou, France and is the patron saint of Poitou ploughmen.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Nominis (Conférence des évêques de France) — Saint Junien — "Saint Junien — Ermite en Poitou (+ v. 587)" — the founder of Mairé(-Levescault) abbey; the date and place match.
- Wikidata Q6313021 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Junian of Mairé (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.