# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samson-of-dol
# Generated: 2026-08-16T04:40:13.627Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samson-of-dol"
name: "Samson of Dol"
slug: "samson-of-dol"
description: "Samson of Dol was a Welsh saint, who is also counted among the seven founder saints of Brittany with Pol Aurelian, Tugdual or Tudwal, Brieuc, Malo, Patern (Paternus) and Corentin. Born in southern Wales, he died in Dol-de-Bretagne, a small town in north Brittany, and was the nephew of Athrwys ap Meurig."
tagline: "Welsh saint who settled down in Brittany (c. C.E.485 — c. 565)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saint_Samson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "490"
deathDate: "0565-07-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.16
  momentum:             6.662859318484674
  historical:           15.18726133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsoni_wa_Dol"
    title: "Samsoni wa Dol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "شمشون من دول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samzun_(Dol)"
    title: "Samzun (Dol)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sams%C3%B3_de_Dol"
    title: "Samsó de Dol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_(sant)"
    title: "Samson (sant)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_von_Dol"
    title: "Samson von Dol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_of_Dol"
    title: "Samson of Dol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankta_Samsono"
    title: "Sankta Samsono"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans%C3%B3n_de_Dol"
    title: "Sansón de Dol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyh%C3%A4_Samson"
    title: "Pyhä Samson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_de_Dol"
    title: "Samson de Dol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_(naomh)"
    title: "Samson (naomh)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansone_di_Dol"
    title: "Sansone di Dol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampson_a_Dhol"
    title: "Sampson a Dhol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_van_Dol"
    title: "Samson van Dol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_opat_z_Dol"
    title: "Samson opat z Dol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans%C3%A3o_de_Dol"
    title: "Sansão de Dol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Самсон Дольский"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_od_Dola"
    title: "Samson od Dola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1269091"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump