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Feidhlimidh son of Cremthann

An Irish saint, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.

Feast
August 29old style September 11
Era
unknown
Order
Right-Believing Rulers

Life

Saint Feidhlimidh son of Cremthann is an Irish saint of the undivided Church, remembered in the old martyrologies of Ireland as a king.

The Donegal text calls him king of Munster and says he was of the race of Aenghus, son of Nadfraech, son of Lughaidh. It adds that after seven years as king he is said to have ended his life as an anchorite.

The Martyrology of Donegal, compiled in 1630 from older sources, commemorates him on 28 August. The Martyrology of Tallaght, from the early ninth century, lists a similar name on the same day. The date is that of the old Irish calendar, that is, in the old style.

Nothing else about him is preserved in the sources consulted.

Commemorated the same day August 29