Saint
Berchan of Inis Rochla
An Irish saint honored at Inis Rochla, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
- Feast
- November 24old style December 7
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Inis-Rochla
Life
Saint Berchan of Inis Rochla is an Irish saint of the undivided Church, remembered in the old martyrologies of Ireland.
The Donegal text places Inis-Rochla in Loch Eirne and says he was of the race of Colla-da-chrioch.
The Martyrology of Donegal, compiled in 1630 from older sources, commemorates him on 24 November. 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 November 24
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- Alexander LevitskyHieromartyrNov 24
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