Venerable
Donard
An Irish hermit on the mountain that bears his name, reposed around 500.
- Feast
- March 24old style April 6
- Reposed
- 5005th century
- Place
- Maghera
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Donard (Domangard) was an Irish hermit who died around 500, the patron of Maghera in County Down. He lived as a hermit on the mountain that now bears his name, Slieve Donard. He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 24 March (new style; 6 April in the old style).
Commemorated the same day March 24
- Parthenius III of ConstantinopleHieromartyr · Patriarch of ConstantinopleMar 24
- Zacharias of ScetisVenerable · Monk of ScetisMar 24
.jpg)
Irinej ĆirićSaint · Bishop of BačkaMar 24- Flavius Latinus of BresciaHieromartyr · Bishop of BresciaMar 24
Agapitus of SynnadaSaintMar 24- Alexander FleginskyHieromartyrMar 24
- Alexander of Caesarea MaritimaMartyrMar 24
- Artemon of SeleuciaSaint · Bishop of SeleuciaMar 24
- Baetan of MonuSaintMar 24
- Bernolfo of AstiHieromartyrMar 24
- BernulfHieromartyrMar 24
- Caimin of Inis CealtraVenerableMar 24