Plechelm

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.

Saint Plechelm, O.S.B.
Statue of Saint Plechelm on the tower of Basilica of St Plechelm in De Lutte
Monk, priest and missionary
BornKingdom of Leinster, Ireland
Died730
Venerated in
CanonizedPre-Congregation
Major shrineBasilica of St. Plechelm, Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Netherlands
FeastJuly 15
PatronageThe Netherlands

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.

References
  1. A Menology of England and Wales: Or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. Burns & Oates. 2 March 1887.


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