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Venerable

Cinnia of Louth

An Irish saint honored at Louth, of the 5th century, commemorated in the Martyrology of Tallaght.

Feast
February 1old style February 14
Era
5th century
Place
Louth
Order
Venerables

Life

Venerable Cinnia of Louth was, in the fifth century, a princess of Ulster, the only daughter of King Echu. Her father wished to marry her to a certain Corburac, but Saint Patrick intervened for her. The king agreed that his daughter should become a nun, on condition that Patrick promise him too eternal life without compelling him to be baptized. Patrick accepted, and Cinnia entered the monastery of Druimduchan, a great community of virgins, under the abbess Cathuberis, and remained there to the end. It is said that she brought many pagans to the faith and worked miracles, in her life and after her repose.

She is commemorated on 1 February, in the Martyrology of Tallaght and in the Orthodox England calendar.

Commemorated the same day February 1