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Saint

Eimhin of Ross Glas

Bishop of Ross Glas

A hierarch of Ross Glas, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.

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Feast
December 22old style January 4
Era
unknown
Place
Ross Glas

Life

Holy Hierarch Eimhin of Ross Glas is commemorated on 22 December (old style) in the Martyrology of Donegal, and also in the Martyrology of Tallaght. He is called a bishop, of Ross Glas in Leinster, west of Cill Dara on the Berbha. He was a son of Eoghan, of the race of Fiacha Muillethan, and a brother of Corbmac. Nothing more is recorded; the cult belongs to the undivided Church.

Commemorated the same day December 22