Saint Derien
Feast: 14 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Derien, or Saint Derrien or Saint-Drien, is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, linked with Saint Neventer; both served the lord of La Roche-Maurice in Léon, whom they delivered from the torments of a dragon. He is one of the more or less mythical Breton saints.
Summary translated from the French Wikipedia article Saint Derien (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.
- Nominis — Conference des eveques de France — Nominis (French bishops' conference): 'Saint Derien (VIIe siecle). La Bretagne l'honore grandement, en particulier dans le Finistere ou de nombreuses eglises et de nombreux hameaux lui sont dedies.' Feast 14 February, fe
- Wikidata Q3463746 — 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.