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Saint Briac
Irish Saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 17 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
—
unknown
Died
627
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Briag (Breton) or Briac (French) was an Irish monk who came to Brittany in the company of Saint Tudwal. His feast day is 17 December.
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
- santiebeati.it — Santiebeati entry 99907: 'San Briaco — Eremita in Bretagna', feast 17 December, the same feast day as the page.
- Wikidata Q13582379 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Briag (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.