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Molaise of Inishmurray
Irish saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 12 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
638
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Molaisse, i.e., Laisren, son of Deglan, of Inis-Muireadhagh, in the north.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Martyrology of Donegal remembers him on 12 August.
Sources
- The Martyrology of Donegal (tr. J. O'Donovan, ed. J. H. Todd and W. Reeves, 1864), 12 August
- Wikidata Q115096813 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.