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Saint

Gobban son of Nasc

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

Feast
March 19old style April 1
Era
unknown

Life

Saint Gobban son of Nasc 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 17 March. 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 March 19