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Melor
Breton saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 1 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
524
Died
544
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Melor (also known in Latin as Melorius; in Cornish as Melor and in Cornu-English as Mylor; in French as Méloir; and other variations) was a 10th-century Breton saint who, in England, was venerated in Cornwall and at Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, which claimed some of his relics.
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.
Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints — St Melorus, Melar or Mylor, Martyr (1 October) — Butler's Lives, 1 October: ‘ST MELORUS, MELAR or MYLOR, Martyr (Date Unknown) — The church of the great nunnery at Amesbury in Wiltshire was dedicated in honour of our Lady and St Melorus…’ Stanton's Menology also lists
- Wikidata Q3463997 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Melor (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.