Saint Sanctain or Sanctan was a 6th-century
Manx bishop, who originally came from
Northern Britain
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Sanctan was the son of
Sawyl Penuchel, a king in Northern Britain. He is said to have been a brother of
Saint Patrick, though this is chronologically impossible. He was an active missionary in
Cumbria
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, before becoming Bishop of the unidentified ''Cell da les'' (or 'church of the two forts'). This may be ''Kill-na-Sanctan'' near Dublin or on the
Isle of Man
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, where the
civil parish
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of
Santon is named after him. His feast day is on 20 May.
References
A Manx Notebook: Parish of Kirk SantanOmnium Sanctorum Hiberniae 2012-2015
6th-century Christian saints
Manx saints
Northern Brythonic saints
Medieval Irish saints
Manx religious leaders
Christian missionaries in England
Manx Christian missionaries
Christian missionaries in the Isle of Man
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