Saint
Meilog
A saint of Wales, commemorated in the calendars of the Western saints.
- Feast
- December 31old style January 13
- Reposed
- 5966th century
Life
Saint Meilog (Mailoc, Meloc, Melek) is commemorated in the Greek synaxarion as a saint of Wales who lived between 500 and 596. He is said to have been the first abbot of a foundation named in the source "Chloues", bishop of Plumeleuc in France and archbishop of Celtica or of Galicia in northern Spain. We have no other details of his life.
He is commemorated on 31 December, by the Western calendar (new style). He is honored as a saint of the undivided Church.
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