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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Cellach mac Segdai

A venerable father honored in the Irish tradition, who reposed in 740.

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Reposed
7408th century
Order
Venerables

Life

Cellach mac Segdai was the twentieth abbot of Clonmacnoise, from 737 until 740, the year of his death. The Annals of Tigernach say he came from Buidemnach; the Annals of the Four Masters, that he was of the Conmaicne, in the area of what is now Dunmore, County Galway. He succeeded Conmael ua Loichene, and Comman came after him. Nothing else is preserved. The sources show no veneration as a saint.