Venerable
Malathgen
An Irish monk of Cluain-Edneach, who reposed around 767.
- Feast
- October 21old style November 3
- Reposed
- 7678th century
- Place
- Cluain-Edneach
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Holy Venerable Malathgen was abbot of the monastery of Cluain-Edneach (Clonenagh) in Ireland and reposed in the year 767. The sources consulted preserve no other details of his life. He is a saint of the undivided Church, known from the Orthodox calendars of Western saints.
He is commemorated on 21 October, the liturgical date in the Orthodox calendar (the same day number on the old and new calendars).
Commemorated the same day October 21
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Paulin KroshechkinHieromartyr · Archbishop of MogilevOct 21
Visarion SaraiVenerable MartyrOct 21
Sophronius of CioaraVenerable · Defender of Orthodoxy in TransylvaniaOct 21
Jacob of OmuchVenerableOct 21
Neophytus OsipovVenerable Martyr · ArchimandriteOct 21
Theophilus of LugaVenerable · Founder of Omuch HermitageOct 21
Pelagia TestovaNew MartyrOct 21
Damian VoskresenskyHieromartyr · Archbishop of Kursk and OboyanOct 21