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Moluag
Irish missionary in Scotland
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 25 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
530
Died
592
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Rosemarkie in Scotland, Saint Moluag, or Luan, bishop.
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 Roman Martyrology remembers him on 25 June as a bishop at Rosemarkie in Scotland.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 25 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q7401926 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Moluag (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.