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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Saint

Ailell of Ard Macha

A hierarch honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Ard Macha, who reposed in 525; very little is recorded.

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

Feast
January 13old style January 26
Reposed
5256th century
Place
Ard Macha
Order
Hierarchs

Life

Holy Hierarch Ailell of Ard Macha is commemorated on 13 January (old style, Julian calendar) in the Martyrology of Donegal, and also in the Martyrology of Tallaght. He is called a bishop of Ard Macha and reposed in the year 525. The name survives only in the martyrologies, without synodal canonization; nothing else is known.

Commemorated the same day January 13