Skip to content

Saint

Barrfhinn son of Ernin

An Irish saint, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.

Feast
September 22old style October 5
Era
unknown

Life

Saint Barrfhinn son of Ernin 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 22 September. 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.

The sources consulted record nothing more about him.

Commemorated the same day September 22