Saint
Berchert of Tullylease
An Irish saint honored at Tullylease, of the 7th century, commemorated in the Martyrology of Tallaght.
- Feast
- December 6old style December 19
- Era
- 7th century
- Place
- Tullylease
Life
Saint Berchert of Tullylease (Berrihert, Berechtir) was an English monk who died around 700 or 739, commemorated in several churches in Ireland. He probably came to Ireland with the wave of Northumbrian exiles led by Bishop Colman of Lindisfarne after the Synod of Whitby in 664. At Tullylease in County Cork a stone slab bears the inscription BERACHTUINE, which suggests that his English name was Berhtwine; nearby is Saint Berrihert's Well. He is also honoured at Kyle in County Tipperary.
He is named in the Martyrology of Tallaght and commemorated on 6 December.
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