Saint
Becan of Cluain
An Irish saint honored at Cluain, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
- Feast
- April 26old style May 9
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Cluain
Life
Saint Becan of Cluain 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 26 April. 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.
Nothing else about him is preserved in the sources consulted.
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