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Domhnog of Tiprat Fachtna

An Irish saint honored at Tiprat Fachtna, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.

Feast
May 18old style May 31
Era
unknown
Place
Tiprat Fachtna

Life

Saint Domhnog of Tiprat Fachtna is an Irish saint of the undivided Church, remembered in the old martyrologies of Ireland.

The Donegal text calls him son of Saran and places Tiprat Fachtna in the west of Osraighe; he is said to be of the race of Eoghan, son of Niall.

The Martyrology of Donegal, compiled in 1630 from older sources, commemorates him on 18 May. 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 May 18