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Saint Modan
Irish chieftain and saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 30 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
501
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
St Modan was the son of an Irish chieftain. He became a monk and built a chapel at Dryburgh, Scotland, in 522 which he used as a base for several years. This later became the site of a monastery: Dryburgh Abbey.
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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
- santiebeati.it - San Modan, abate e confessore; Butler's Lives of the Saints, 4 February — Butler's Lives has "St Modan, abbot" at 4 February, the 6th-century Scottish abbot honoured at Stirling and Falkirk (Aberdeen Breviary, 4 February). Feast is 4 February, not 30 August.
- Wikidata Q4299297 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Modan (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.