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Fiachra Gael of Cluain Caichtne

An Irish saint honored at Cluain Caichtne, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.

Feast
July 25old style August 7
Era
unknown
Place
Cluain Caichtne

Life

Saint Fiachra Gael of Cluain Caichtne is an Irish saint of the undivided Church, remembered in the old martyrologies of Ireland.

The Martyrology of Donegal, compiled in 1630 from older sources, commemorates him on 25 July. 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.

No further details of his life survive in the sources consulted.

Commemorated the same day July 25