Saint
Mainchein
A saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.
- Feast
- October 21old style November 3
- Era
- unknown
Life
Saint Mainchein appears on 21 October (old style, Julian calendar) in the Martyrology of Donegal, and also in the Martyrology of Tallaght and the Martyrology of Gorman. The entry adds the epithet "the Leper". The name survives only in the martyrologies, without synodal canonization; nothing else is known.
Commemorated the same day October 21
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