Saint Plechelm, O.S.B. | |
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 Statue of Saint Plechelm on the tower of Basilica of St Plechelm in De Lutte | |
| Monk, priest and missionary | |
| Born | Kingdom of Leinster, Ireland |
| Died | 730 |
| Venerated in | |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
| 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 in both the Catholic Church and the Old Catholic Church as a patron saint of the Netherlands. He is also venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Plechelm was an Irish Benedictine monk who traveled to Rome with two fellow monks, Saints Wiro and Otger.[1] 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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