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Saint Jaoua
Irish priest & bishop of Brittany.
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 2 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
550
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Joavan (or Jaoua, Joévin, Jouva, Jaouen, Yaouen; born c. 500 - died c. 555) was an Irish priest and bishop in Brittany.
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
- Book of Saints (Monks of Ramsgate, 1921) — 'JOAVAN (St.) Bp.' — '...Paul de Leon in Armorica, where he became that Saint's successor as Bishop. His tomb is still in great veneration and his Festival is kept liturgically in Brittany.' Baring-Gould's Lives of the Saints enters him at 2
- Wikidata Q3463862 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Joavan (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.