Saint
Failbhe of Disert Mic-Conlocha
An Irish saint honored at Disert Mic-Conlocha, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
- Feast
- July 12old style July 25
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Disert Mic-Conlocha
Life
Saint Failbhe of Disert Mic-Conlocha is an Irish saint of the undivided Church, remembered in the old martyrologies of Ireland.
The Donegal text calls him a son of Culocha and places Disert Mic-Conlocha in Cuircne, in West Meath. His mother was Esten, daughter of Moche, son of Bairrinn, and sister of Muiccin of Maighin.
The Martyrology of Donegal, compiled in 1630 from older sources, commemorates him on 11 July. 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.
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