Plechelm

Saint Plechelm, O.S.B.
Statue of Saint Plechelm on the tower of Basilica of St Plechelm in De Lutte
Monk, priest and missionary
Born	Kingdom of Leinster, Ireland
Died	730 Sint Odiliënberg, Kingdom of Frisia
Venerated in	Catholic Church (Netherlands) Old Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized	Pre-Congregation
Major shrine	Basilica of St. Plechelm, Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Netherlands
Feast	July 15
Patronage	The Netherlands

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.

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.

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