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Maches
6c Welsh saint
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Born
500
Died
600
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
St. Maches was a 6th-century princess and Pre-congregational saint of Cornwall and Devon. Maches was the sister of St. Cadog.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
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
Sources
- Stanton, A Menology of England and Wales (Catholic, imprimatur of Cardinal Manning, 1887) — 'Maches, or Machuta (6th cent), daughter of St. Gundleus, Patron of Llanfaches, Monmouth, where she is said to have been martyred.' Matches the 6th-century Welsh saint.
- Wikidata Q24555718 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Maches (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.