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Muiredach of Killala
Bishop of Killala
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 12 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Killala in Ireland, Saint Muiredach, 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 12 August as a bishop of Killala.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 12 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q6933221 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Muiredach of Killala (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.