Saint
Forannan of Cill Ae
An Irish saint honored at Cill Ae, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
- Feast
- December 22old style January 4
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Cill-Ae
Life
Saint Forannan of Cill Ae 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 22 December. 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 December 22
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