Plechelm

Saint Plechelm, O.S.B.
Saint Plechelm, O.S.B.
Monk, priest and missionary
Born	Kingdom of Leinster, Ireland
Died	730; St. Odiliënberg,; Kingdom of Frisia
Venerated in	Catholic Church; (Netherlands) and; Old Catholic Church
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 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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