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Saint

Berchan of Cluain Caoi

An Irish saint honored at Cluain Caoi, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.

Feast
May 24old style June 6
Era
unknown
Place
Cluain Caoi

Life

Saint Berchan of Cluain Caoi is an Irish saint of the undivided Church, remembered in the old martyrologies of Ireland.

He is said to have been of the race of Fiacha Suighdhe, son of Feidhlimidh Reachtmhar, son of Tuathal Teachtmhar.

The Martyrology of Donegal, compiled in 1630 from older sources, commemorates him on 24 May. 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.

Commemorated the same day May 24