Venerable
Máel Brigte mac Tornáin
A venerable father honored in the Irish tradition; few details of his life survive.
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- Reposed
- 92710th century
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Máel Brigte mac Tornáin, also known as Maelbrigte mac Durnan, was an Irish clergyman, abbot of Armagh from 883 and, as coarb of Colum Cille (successor of Saint Columba), non-resident abbot of Iona from 891. He held both offices until his death on 22 February 927.
He is thought to have commissioned, and perhaps worked on, the Mac Durnan Gospels, an illuminated manuscript now kept at Lambeth Palace Library in London. The sources consulted show no canonization.