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Saint

Mochta son of Dergan

An Irish saint, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.

Feast
September 9old style September 22
Era
unknown

Life

Saint Mochta son of Dergan 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 9 September. 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 September 9