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Maelaithgein of Magh Bile

Bishop of Magh Bile

A hierarch of Magh Bile, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.

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Feast
September 9old style September 22
Era
unknown
Place
Magh Bile

Life

Holy Hierarch Maelaithgein of Magh Bile is commemorated on 9 September (old style, Julian calendar) in the Martyrology of Donegal, and also in the Martyrology of Gorman. The entry calls him a bishop, with no further detail. The veneration belongs to the undivided Church; nothing else of the life is recorded.

Commemorated the same day September 9