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St. Jehosophat is one of them. Neither of them are currently recognised.

• giraffe_lady 1mo ago
  Catholics don't formally recognize them but most or maybe all orthodox christian churches do.
• IAmBroom 1mo ago
  Their status is curious (along with clearly fictional saints like St. Brigid, the former Irish Goddess of Fire). Canonization is mostly considered to be under the remit of Papal Infallibility, which means it cannot be revoked. If the Pope gets drunk on sacramental wine and saints Pikachu the Pokeman character, Pikachu (somehow) enters heaven. Doubt that, and you commit heresy. But that's not absolutely, totally decided RC law - just a majority opinion. AFAICT. What absolutely has happened is that saints without plausible historical backing have had their feast days revoked, and (sometimes but not always) have been removed from the lists of saints the Church encourages Catholics to pray to. (St. Christopher is now believed to be allegorical, but prayer to "him" is still encouraged nonetheless.) Basically, they've been demoted, like the uncle that is technically still a blood relation, but doesn't get the invite to Thanksgiving dinner. Now please pass the Turkiye.
  • nephihaha 1mo ago
    Brìde is a funny one. It is just about possible that there was a real Brìde who was an abbess, or several in fact, but she was so heavily blended with the pagan deity that she is virtually indistinguishable in some respects. We have a lot of places named after her in Scotland. West and East Kilbride, Lhanbryde and various churches and centres named after her.