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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Bigsech of Gill Bigsighe

An Irish saint honored at Gill Bigsighe, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.

Feast
June 28old style July 11
Era
unknown
Place
Gill Bigsighe
Order
Venerables

Life

Saint Bigsech of Gill Bigsighe is an Irish saint of the undivided Church, remembered in the old martyrologies of Ireland as a virgin.

The Donegal text places Gill Bigsighe in Meath and says she was of the race of Fiachra, son of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin.

The Martyrology of Donegal, compiled in 1630 from older sources, commemorates her on 28 June. 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 her.

Commemorated the same day June 28