Venerable
Cainneach son of Ua
An Irish saint, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
- Feast
- January 31old style February 13
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Venerable Cainneach son of Ua was an Irish priest. The Martyrology of Donegal calls him the son of Ua Chil. His mother was named Mella, who was also the mother of Tighearnach of Doire-Melle. He is remembered in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal. His day of commemoration is 31 January (the date in the Irish martyrologies, in the Julian calendar). No other details of his life have been kept. He is a saint of the undivided Church, honoured locally, without synodal canonization.
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