Saint
Herc Nasca of Tulach Lis
An Irish saint honored at Tulach Lis, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
- Feast
- May 12old style May 25
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Tulach-lis
Life
Saint Herc Nasca of Tulach Lis is an Irish saint of the undivided Church, remembered in the old martyrologies of Ireland.
The Donegal text places him at Tulach-lis in Ui-Eachach Uladh and says he was of the race of Art Corb, son of Fiacha Suighdhe.
The Martyrology of Donegal, compiled in 1630 from older sources, commemorates him on 12 May. The date is that of the old Irish calendar, that is, in the old style.
The sources consulted record nothing more about him.
Commemorated the same day May 12
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