Plechelm
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Plechelm, (Plechelm of Guelderland, Plechelm, also Pleghelm or Plechelmus; died 730), is honoured in both the Catholic Church and the Old Catholic Church as a patron saint of the Netherlands.
==Life== According to Alban Butler, Plechelm was an English Saxon born in southern Scotland. Richard Stanton places him in the north of England.
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