Saint
Cairpre of Maghbile
An Irish bishop honored at Maghbile, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
Life
Saint Cairpre of Maghbile is an Irish saint of the undivided Church, remembered in the old martyrologies of Ireland as a bishop.
The Martyrology of Donegal, compiled in 1630 from older sources, commemorates him on 3 May. 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 May 3
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