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Saint Midabaria
Irish saint
SaintDate unknown
Feast: 22 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
St Midabaria, Miadhnat or Miodhabhair was a sister of Saint Berach the 6th-century Irish Missionary, she was abbess of a nunnery in Bumlin (Strokestown), County Roscommon in Ireland.
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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
- Martyrology of Donegal ('Miodhabhair', late February) — The Martyrology of Donegal enters Miodhabhair, daughter of Nemnald, in late February — the feast this entry gives as 22 February. Sister of St Berach and abbess of the nunnery at Bumlin (Strokestown), Co. Roscommon.
- Wikidata Q16147676 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Midabaria (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.