Saint
Fachtna of Nuachongbhail
An Irish bishop honored at Nuachongbhail, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
- Feast
- January 19old style February 1
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Nuachongbhail
- Order
- Hierarchs
Life
Saint Fachtna of Nuachongbhail was an Irish bishop of Nuachongbhail. He is remembered in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal. His day of commemoration is 19 January (the date in the Irish martyrologies, in the Julian calendar). No other details of his life have been kept. He is a saint of the undivided Church, honoured locally, without synodal canonization.
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