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Olcán
Irish saint
SaintDate unknown
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
Olcán (fl. 5th century) is the name of an early Irish saint of the Dál Riata, disciple of St Patrick, founder and bishop of the monastery in Armoy in northeast County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- A Menology of England and Wales (Richard Stanton, 1887), 18 April — "In Ireland, the commemoration of St. Olcanus, Bishop and Confessor, a Briton by birth, and a disciple of St. Patrick."
- Wikidata Q4333941 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Olcán (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.