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Odran
referred to in Irish Literature as meaning the tall dark man, friend to St. Patrick
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 19 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
452
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Odran or Odhran (fl. 430) was the charioteer of Saint Patrick and the first Christian martyr in Irish history.
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
- Saint Patrick Saint Teacher
Sources
- Nominis (French Bishops' Conference) - Saint Odran, martyr — "il aurait donne sa vie pour saint Patrick en changeant de place avec lui sur son chariot" (+ about 452), feast 19 February - exactly our date and year.
- Wikidata Q4331788 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Odran (disciple of Saint Patrick) (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.