Monessa

Monessa was a holy woman of Ireland, converted by Saint Patrick. According to tradition, she was the daughter of a chieftain and reposed in the year 456, soon after her baptism. She is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.

Her commemoration falls on 4 September (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 17 September of the civil calendar. We have no further details of her life.