Plechelm

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Saint Plechelm, O.S.B.
Monk, priest and missionary
Born	Kingdom of Leinster, Ireland
Died	730 St. Odiliënberg, Kingdom of Frisia
Honored 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 a 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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Persondata
Name	Plechelm
Alternative names	Plechelm of Guelderland, Plechelm, also Pleghelm or Plechelmus
Short description	Irish Benedictine monk, missionary and saint
Date of birth
Place of birth	Kingdom of Leinster, Ireland
Date of death	730
Place of death	St. Odiliënberg, Frisian Kingdom

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