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Venerable

Cocha

An Irish holy woman of the convent of Ross-⁠Benchuir.

Feast
June 29old style July 12
Era
6th century
Place
Ross-⁠Benchuir

Life

Saint Cocha (Coecha) was abbess of the convent of Ross-⁠Benchuir in County Clare, Ireland, in the sixth century. Our sources preserve no account of her life.

She is commemorated on 29 June as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar.

Commemorated the same day June 29