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Saint

Maeldeid of Lis Mor

An Irish saint honored at Lis Mor, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.

Feast
May 21old style June 3
Era
unknown
Place
Lis-⁠mor

Life

Saint Maeldeid of Lis Mor 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 21 May. 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 May 21