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Saint Thorlak
Icelandic Roman Catholic prelate and saint
SaintFull write-upIcelandAugustiniansPre-congregation
Feast: 23 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1133
Died
1193
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In Iceland, Saint Thorlak, bishop of Skálholt, who worked for the moral renewal of the clergy and the people.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 23 December as a bishop of Skálholt who worked for the moral renewal of clergy and people.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 23 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q335609 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Thorlak (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.