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Kenan
Irish bishop and saint
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Feast: 24 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
489
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
St. Cianán, or Kenan, (died 24 November 489) was a Bishop of Duleek in Ireland. He was descended from the royal blood of the kings of Munster. His feast day is 24 November.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Nominis (French Bishops' Conference) — Saint Kenan — "Évêque irlandais (+ 500)" — matches Kenan (Cianán) of Duleek.
- Wikidata Q4219305 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Cianán (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.