Saint
Miodhu son of Fachtna
An Irish saint, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
- Feast
- February 17old style March 2
- Era
- unknown
Life
Saint Miodhu son of Fachtna was an Irish saint. He is remembered in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal. His day of commemoration is 17 February (the date in the Irish martyrologies, in the Julian calendar). No other details of his life have been kept. He is a saint of the undivided Church, honoured locally, without synodal canonization.
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