Saint
Lenican of Killucan
A saint of Killucan in Westmeath named on 28 July in the Irish martyrologies, sometimes as Liuican; few details survive.
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- Feast
- July 28old style August 10
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Killucan
Life
Lenican of Killucan is a saint of Killucan in County Westmeath, named on 28 July. The Martyrology of Tallaght, as published, enters on this day the name Lenican, probably a misprint; the Martyrology of Donegal puts the name Liuican on 28 July. Marianus O'Gorman and the Martyrology of Tallaght seem to confirm this second form. The Reverend Mervyn Archdall and Anthony Cogan state that Luican founded an abbey at Killucan or Killuquin, in the barony of Farbill, a few miles east of Mullingar, at an early period. The day follows the Julian calendar. No other details are known. He is honoured in the Irish calendars, with no synodal canonization shown in the source.
Commemorated the same day July 28
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