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Saint Eigrad
Welsh saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 6 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
501
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Eigrad or Eugrad was a sixth-century Welsh saint and the founder of St Eugrad's Church in Llaneugrad, Anglesey.
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.
Connected on this site
Sources
- CatholicSaints.Info — Saint Eigrad (citing the Book of Saints, Monks of Ramsgate) — Memorial 6 January; brother of St Samson, pupil of St Illtyd, founded a church in Anglesey. Feast 6 Jan matches this entry.
- Wikidata Q18124532 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Eigrad (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.