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Scuithin
Irish saint
SaintDate unknown
Feast: 2 January (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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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
St. Scuithin (fl. 6th/7th century) also known as Scolan, Scothin or Scuitin, was a medieval Irish saint with strong Welsh connections.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
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 (Scuithin of Tigh Scuithin) — The Martyrology of Donegal carries Scuithin, with the famous story of his walking on the sea and meeting St Bairre of Cork, and lists 'Goibhnenn, of Tigh Scuithin' — the house of Scuithin (Tiscoffin, Co. Kilkenny) named
- Wikidata Q16933730 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Scuithin (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.