Saint
Fer dá Chrích mac Suibni
A saint honored in the Irish tradition, who reposed in 768.
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- Reposed
- 7688th century
Life
Fer dá Chrích mac Suibni (c. 710 to 18 May 768) was abbot of Armagh from 758 until his death, the twenty-second successor of Saint Patrick in the see. He was the son of Bishop Suibne of Armagh. In 759 a feud over the abbacy, between him, backed by Fiachnae, king of the Ulaid, and the priest Airechtach, led to the battle of Emain Macha, in which Dúngal, king of Brega, fell. Wikipedia calls him a saint, but the sources found show no synodal canonization.