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Salomon, King of Brittany
King of Brittany
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 25 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
900
Died
874
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Salomon (Breton: Salaün) (died 874) was count of Rennes and Nantes from 852 and duke of Brittany from 857 until his assassination in 874. In 867, he was granted the counties of Avranches and Coutances, and he used the title king of Brittany intermittently after 868.
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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
- Nominis (Conférence des évêques de France), 'Saint Salomon, roi et martyr' — 'Saint Salomon, roi et martyr (+ 874)' — the duke and king of Brittany assassinated in 874 and honoured in Brittany as a martyr; his feast is kept on 25 June, the date in the entry.
- Wikidata Q983536 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Salomon of Brittany (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.