Madelgisilus
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Madelgisilus, aka Mauguille, Irish
Irish people
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 saint
Saint
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, died 655.

Madelgisilus was a friend of Saint Fursey, and travelled with the latter to Picardy
Picardy
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 in France
France
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 in the first half of the 7th-century. His feastday is May 30th. O'Halon devotes several pages to an account of his life.
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