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Saint Cathan
Irish monk and saint of the 6th century
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Born
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Died
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Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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Who they were
Saint Cathan, also known as Catan, Cattan, etc., was a 6th-century Irish monk revered as a saint in parts of the Scottish Hebrides.
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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 Blane, 10 August; Menology of England and Wales — Butler, on St Blane: "he put himself under the discipline of his uncle St Cathan, who gave him holy orders"; Stanton's Menology has "Cathan (6th cent.)".
- Wikidata Q4217144 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Cathan (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.