Saint
Cillen
A hierarch remembered in early Irish martyrologies; few details survive.
Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.
Life
The entry for 31 August (old style) in the Martyrology of Donegal names Cillen. The text calls him a bishop. The same day also carries the name in the Martyrology of Gorman. Little else is known; the veneration is local and early Irish, without synodal canonization.
Commemorated the same day August 31
Aristides of AthensMartyr · Christian apologistAug 31
Aidan of LindisfarneSaint · Bishop of LindisfarneAug 31
Gennadius of ConstantinopleSaint · Patriarch of ConstantinopleAug 31
Paulinus of TrierSaint · Bishop of TrierAug 31
WalaSaint · Adviser to CharlemagneAug 31
CuthburhVenerable · First abbess of WimborneAug 31
Martyrs of JasenovacHoly New Martyrs · Serbian new martyrsAug 31- Macarie the ProtopsaltesVenerable · Hieromonk and protopsaltesAug 31
- 366 Martyrs of NicomediaHoly MartyrsAug 31
- Aedh of Cuil MaineSaint · DeaconAug 31
- Alexander LyubimovHieromartyrAug 31
- AndrewMartyrAug 31