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Saint

Dalbhach of Cuil Collainge

An Irish saint honored at Cuil Collainge, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.

Feast
October 23old style November 5
Era
unknown
Place
Cuil Collainge

Life

Saint Dalbhach of Cuil Collainge is an Irish saint of the undivided Church, remembered in the old martyrologies of Ireland.

The Donegal text says he was of the race of Oilioll Flannbeg, son of Fiacha Muilleathan. It quotes the poet Cuimin of Coindeire, who calls him a great doer of penance who never touched his hand to his side as long as he lived.

The Martyrology of Donegal, compiled in 1630 from older sources, commemorates him on 23 October. 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 October 23