Mochonna

Mochonna is the name of several Irish and Scottish saints, and the sources consulted do not say which of them is meant here. They are venerated in the Western Church.

The best known is Mochonna (also called Mochonne, Doconna, Dachonna or Connan) of Inis Pádraig, an island near Skerries, a disciple of Saint Columba (Columcille) in the sixth century and later a bishop. He lived on the island and perhaps was buried there; his shrine was richly adorned. The Danes plundered the island in the eighth century (between 793 and 798), burned the monastery and stole the shrine, so that the relics were lost. His feast is 13 January. A church at Monkstown was dedicated to him.

Another Mochonna, commemorated on 7 June in the martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal, is linked with Saint Kevin of Glendalough. A third, also called Macharius or Mauricius, is celebrated in Scotland on 12 November.