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Saint Abran (Breton for 'Abraham'), was a 6th-century Irishhermit in Brittany.

Abran was born inIreland and was a brother ofGibrian.^[1] Abran and Gibrain traveled toBrittany with their siblings. The five brothers and three sisters chose a life of devotion toGod inconsecrated religious life. Abran lived in ahermitage on theMarne River, which had been given to him bySaint Remigius.

Abran and his siblings are all consideredsaints for their positiveChristian influence upon theBreton people.

Saint Abran'sfeast day is 8 May on theWestern Rite Orthodox andRoman Catholic Church calendars.

• Christian monasticism
• Desert Fathers
• Julien Maunoir, apostle of Brittany

• Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome

Sigal, Pierre-André (1969)."Maladie, pèlerinage et guérison au XII^e siècle: Les miracles de saint Gibrien à Reims".Annales: Économies, Sociétés, Civilisations.24 (6):1522–39.doi:10.3406/ahess.1969.422186.S2CID 161904401.

• Medieval Irish saints on the Continent
• Medieval Breton saints
• 6th-century deaths
• 6th-century Irish people
• 6th-century Christian saints
• 6th-century Breton people

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