Feast July 15 Role Saint Name Plechelm Plechelm | Patronage Netherlands | |
Venerated in Catholic Church
(Netherlands) and
Old Catholic Church Major shrine Basilica of St. Plechelm, Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Netherlands Died 730 AD, Sint Odilienberg, Netherlands | ||
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Plechelm, O.S.B. (Plechelm of Guelderland, Plechelm, also Pleghelm or Plechelmus; died 730), is honored as a saint in both the Roman 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 St. 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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