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Saint Materiana
Welsh saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 9 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
440
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Materiana (also spelled Madrun, Madryn, Merteriana, Merthiana, and other variations) is a Welsh saint, patron of two churches in Cornwall and one in Wales.
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
- A Menology of England and Wales (Stanton), Cornish saints list — Stanton's Catholic Menology lists 'Margelliana, or Materiana, patroness of Tintagel'. Her feast of 9 April was recorded by William Worcester in 1478; she is patroness of Minster and Tintagel in Cornwall and of Trawsfynyd
- Wikidata Q3405065 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Materiana (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.