Saint
Brenainn of Tethbaith
An Irish saint honored at Tethbaith, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
- Feast
- December 8old style December 21
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Tethbaith
Life
Saint Brenainn of Tethbaith is an Irish saint of the undivided Church, remembered in the old martyrologies of Ireland.
The Donegal text places Tethbaith in Connacht.
The Martyrology of Donegal, compiled in 1630 from older sources, commemorates him on 8 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.
Nothing else about him is preserved in the sources consulted.
Commemorated the same day December 8
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