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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Barran

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 9old style August 22
Era
unknown
Order
Venerables

Life

Barran appears in the Martyrology of Donegal on 9 August (old style). The text calls her a virgin. The same day also carries the name in the Martyrology of Tallaght. Nothing else is known; the veneration is local and early Irish, without synodal canonization.

Commemorated the same day August 9