Saint
Anfadhan of Ross Ore
An Irish saint honored at Ross Ore, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
- Feast
- December 19old style January 1
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Ross Ore
Life
Saint Anfadhan of Ross Ore is an Irish saint of the undivided Church, remembered in the old martyrologies of Ireland.
The Martyrology of Donegal, compiled in 1630 from older sources, commemorates him on 19 December. The Martyrology of Tallaght, from the early ninth century, lists a similar name on the same day. The date is that of the old Irish calendar, that is, in the old style.
No further details of his life survive in the sources consulted.
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