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Senel
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 12 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
550
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Sinell, son of Mianach, of Claoin-inis, in Loch Eirne.
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 Martyrology of Donegal remembers him on 12 November.
Sources
- The Martyrology of Donegal (tr. J. O'Donovan, ed. J. H. Todd and W. Reeves, 1864), 12 November
- Wikidata Q2150817 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.