Plechelm
Irish Benedictine monk, missionary and saint
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| Intro | Irish Benedictine monk, missionary and saint | |
| Places | Ireland Netherlands | |
| Missionary Priest | ||
| Work field | Religion | |
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| Religion: | Catholic church | |
| Birth | Ireland | |
| Death | 730Sint Odiliënberg, Roerdalen, Limburg, Netherlands; Roermond, Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands |
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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.