Saint Ultan
Irish musician and saint
Feast: 2 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Ultan was an Irish monk who later became an abbot. He was the brother of Saints Fursey and Foillan. He was a member of Fursey's mission from Ireland to East Anglia in c. 633, and lived there both as a monastic probationary and later alone as an anchorite. In c. 651 he accompanied his brother Foillan to Nivelles in Merovingian Gaul where they continued their monastic life together.
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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.
- Santi e Beati — Sant'Ultan di Fosses, monaco missionario e abate — 'VI-VII sec., festa 2 maggio' — the Irish monk of Fosses, brother of St Fursey; feast matches.
- Wikidata Q2792032 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Ultan (CC BY-SA)
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