Venerable
Cennfaeladh of Bennchair
An Irish abbot honored at Bennchair, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
- Feast
- April 8old style April 21
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Bennchair
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Cennfaeladh of Bennchair is an Irish saint of the undivided Church, remembered in the old martyrologies of Ireland as an abbot.
He is named among the saints who stood surety for the Cain Adamnain, the law of Adomnan that freed women from military service, from bondage and from every other servitude.
The Martyrology of Donegal, compiled in 1630 from older sources, commemorates him on 8 April. 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 April 8
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Asyncritus of HyrcaniaApostle · Bishop of HyrcaniaApr 8
Rufus of ThebesApostle · Apostle of the Seventy, Bishop of ThebesApr 8
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- Hermas of DalmatiaApostle · Apostle of the SeventyApr 8
Rufus the RecluseVenerable · Monk of the Kyiv Caves LavraApr 8- AmandusSaintApr 8
- Amantius of ComoSaint · Bishop of ComoApr 8
- ConcessaMartyrApr 8
- Diogenes of AntiochMartyrApr 8