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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Saint

Aedhgein

A hierarch honored in the Irish tradition, who reposed in 766; very little is recorded.

Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.

Feast
May 1old style May 14
Reposed
7668th century
Order
Hierarchs

Life

On 1 May (Old Style) the Martyrology of Donegal records Holy Hierarch Aedhgein, as bishop and abbot; the year of repose given is 766. Tallaght ties him to Fobhar (Fore) in Westmeath. The same name also appears in the Martyrology of Tallaght and Gorman's martyrology. Veneration is that of the medieval Irish calendars, without synodal canonization, and the sources are silent on the rest.

Commemorated the same day May 1