Fiachan

Saint Fiachan was a monk of Lismore in Ireland and a disciple of Saint Carthage the Younger (Mochuda). He is commemorated on 29 April.

He was a native of the Desies in Munster. Alban Butler writes that through perfect obedience he laid the foundation of a lofty gift of prayer and of every virtue. By some lists he reposed around the year 630. In the Life of Saint Mochuda, Fiachan is counted among the twelve exceedingly perfect disciples of the abbot. Mochuda foretold that his resurrection would not be at Lismore but in the land of Ui Torna near Slieve Luachra, where his body would be carried to rest beside that of his companion Aodhan. The church there, first called Cill-⁠Aeghain, was later named Cill-⁠Fiachna. He is also titular saint of the parish of Kill-⁠Fiachna in the diocese of Ardfert.