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Saint

Brenainn of Eatarcluain

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

Feast
December 13old style December 26
Era
unknown
Place
Eatarcluain

Life

Saint Brenainn of Eatarcluain 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 13 December. 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 him.

Commemorated the same day December 13