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Urbà de Peñalba
SaintPre-congregation
Born
900
Died
939
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Urban of Peñalba was a Benedictine monk, abbot of the monastery of Santiago de Peñalba, near Ponferrada, in the region of El Bierzo.
Summary translated from the Catalan Wikipedia article Urbà de Peñalba (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- CatholicSaints.Info — Saints of the Day: Urban of Peñalba, O.S.B., Abbot — 'Died c.940. Saint Urban was a Benedictine abbot of Peñalba in Astorga, Spain. He helped Saint Gennadius initiate a revival within the Benedictine order.' Matches ca:Urbà de Peñalba (d. 939).
- Wikidata Q11954088 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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