Venerable
Derchairthinn of Uachtar Ard
An Irish saint of Uachtar Ard, of the 6th century, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
- Feast
- March 8old style March 21
- Era
- 6th century
- Place
- Ouchter Ard
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Venerable Derchairthinn of Uachtar Ard (also called Tarcairteann) lived in the sixth century as prioress of the monastery of Uachtar Ard, today Oughter Ard in Ardclough, County Kildare, in Ireland. Tradition makes her of the race of Colla Uais, monarch of Ireland.
No other details of her life have been kept. She is remembered in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal on 8 March, the day on which the Irish tradition keeps her feast. She is a saint of the undivided Church, honoured locally, without synodal canonization.
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