Plechelm

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Saint Plechelm
Born
Died 730
Feast July 15
Patronage The Netherlands
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Plechlem (Plechelm of Guelderland) is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and the patron saint of the Netherlands. Plechlem was a Benedictine monk who traveled to Rome with St. Wiro and St. Otger. He became a missionary in Northumberland and Friesland and was martyred while on a mission.

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