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Saint Eigen
very early Welsh saint
SaintPre-congregation
Born
—
unknown
Died
1
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Eigen, also spelled Eurgen, Eurgain or Eurgan, was the legendary, and possibly historical first female Christian saint among the Britons. Her name has doubtfully been linked to two Welsh churches and is found in manuscripts from the collection of Iolo Morganwg making historical evidence of her existence dubious and limited.
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
- CatholicSaints.Info — Saint Eurgain — Eigen/Eurgain, the early British woman honoured in Wales; the site's Book of Saints carries her.
- Wikidata Q7401197 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Eigen (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.