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Saint Albane
French nun and saint, 11th century
SaintPre-congregation
Born
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unknown
Died
1075
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Albane was a nun reputed to have founded, around 1050, the Benedictine priory of Sainte-Marie at Leigneux in the province of Forez.
Summary translated from the French Wikipedia article Sainte Albane (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
- Nominis (Conférence des évêques de France) — Sainte Albane, légendaire (XIe siècle) — Nun said to have founded the Benedictine priory of Sainte-Marie at Leigneux in Forez c.1050. Her tomb survives behind the high altar with the epitaph 'STA ALBANA SUB ALTARI REQUIESCIT'; a fountain and square at Leigneux
- Wikidata Q62024542 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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.