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Venerable

Failbhe the Little

Abbot of Iona

Abbot of the monastery of Iona, reposed in 754.

Feast
March 10old style March 23
Reposed
7548th century
Place
Iona

Life

Venerable Failbhe the Little was for seven years abbot of the monastery of Iona in Scotland, and he reposed there at the age of eighty, in the year 754. He is venerated as a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 10 March (new calendar).

Commemorated the same day March 10