Irish Saints - B
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Feastday: May 26 6th century. The Irish Saint Becan lived as a hermit near Cork during the time of Saint Columba (Benedictines). ... from her infancy, vowed herself to a religious ascetic life and, in token of her betrothal to Christ, had received, ...
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome - Orthodox England
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A disciple of St Patrick and Bishop of Cassel-Irra near Sligo in Ireland. .... Born in Auvergne in France, he lived an ascetic life on a mountainside and later built a monastery for his disciples. .... On his return to Ireland he founded more churches and monasteries, notably one in Iniscarra near Cork. ...... Becan May 26 6th cent.