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Venerable

Banbhnat

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

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

Feast
August 11old style August 24
Era
unknown

Life

Banbhnat is listed in the Martyrology of Donegal under 11 August (old style). The text calls her a virgin. The same day also carries the name in the Martyrology of Tallaght and the Martyrology of Gorman. Nothing else is known; the veneration is local and early Irish, without synodal canonization.

Commemorated the same day August 11