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Oudoceus
Welsh saint
SaintInsular BrittanyPre-congregation
Feast: 2 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
600
Died
615
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Oudoceus (Latin) or Euddogwy (Welsh) (c.536–c.615 or 625) is generally known as the third Bishop of Llandaff in South Wales. In reality he was probably a 7th-century bishop at Llandeilo Fawr. Wendy Davies puts his episcopal reign between about 650 and 700.
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.
Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints — St Teilo (9 February) — Butler's Lives, under St Teilo: ‘Teilo is one of the four saints in whose honour the cathedral of Llandaff is dedicated: the others were Peter the Apostle, Dubricius and Oudoceus… For St Oudoceus (Euddogwy), see Doble's
- Wikidata Q7110271 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Oudoceus (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.