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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Banban

A venerable father honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.

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

Feast
May 9old style May 22
Era
unknown
Order
Venerables

Life

On 9 May (Old Style) the Martyrology of Donegal records Venerable Banban, as a sage. Gorman writes "my Banban". The same name also appears in the Martyrology of Tallaght and Gorman's martyrology. No other secure details survive, and veneration remains local, without synodal canonization.

Commemorated the same day May 9