Plechelm
Saint Plechelm, O.S.B. | |
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![]() Statue of Saint Plechelm on the tower of Basilica of St Plechelm in Oldenzaal | |
Monk, priest and missionary | |
Born | Kingdom of Leinster, Ireland |
Died | 730 Sint Odiliënberg, Kingdom of Frisia |
Venerated in | Catholic Church (Netherlands) and Old Catholic Church |
Major shrine | Basilica of St. Plechelm, Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Netherlands |
Feast | July 15 |
Patronage | The Netherlands |
Plechelm, O.S.B. (Plechelm of Guelderland, Plechelm, also Pleghelm or Plechelmus; died 730), is honoured as a saint in both the Catholic Church and the Old Catholic Church as a patron saint of the Netherlands.
Plechelm was an Irish Benedictine monk who traveled to Rome with two fellow monks, Saints Wiro and Otger. He became a missionary first in Northumbria, England, and then in the Kingdom of Frisia, now the Netherlands. He died in Sint Odiliënberg.
Plechem was canonized by Pope Agapetus II about 950. As a result, the Basilica of St. Plechelm in Oldenzaal was built to enshrine his remains in 954.
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- 730 deaths
- People from Leinster
- Irish Benedictines
- 8th-century Irish priests
- Irish Christian missionaries
- Burials in Overijssel
- Benedictine saints
- Irish Roman Catholic saints
- Dutch Roman Catholic saints
- 8th-century Christian saints
- Colombanian saints
- Christian missionaries in the Netherlands
- Christian missionaries in England
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