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Saint

Cronan of Cluain an Dobhair

An Irish saint honored at Cluain an Dobhair, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.

Feast
August 30old style September 12
Era
unknown
Place
Cluain-⁠an-⁠dobhair

Life

Saint Cronan of Cluain an Dobhair is an Irish saint of the undivided Church, remembered in the old martyrologies of Ireland.

The Martyrology of Donegal, compiled in 1630 from older sources, commemorates him on 30 August. The Martyrology of Tallaght, from the early ninth century, lists a similar name on the same day. The date is that of the old Irish calendar, that is, in the old style.

No further details of his life survive in the sources consulted.

Commemorated the same day August 30