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Venerable

Fearghus

A venerable father honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.

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Feast
January 20old style February 2
Era
unknown

Life

Venerable Fearghus is commemorated on 20 January (old style, Julian calendar) in the Martyrology of Donegal, and also in the Martyrology of Tallaght and the Martyrology of Gorman. He is called an abbot, with no place or parentage. The veneration belongs to the undivided Church; nothing else of the life is recorded.

Commemorated the same day January 20