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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Saint

Nechtlic

A hierarch honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.

Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.

Feast
May 23old style June 5
Era
unknown
Order
Hierarchs

Life

On 23 May (Old Style) the Martyrology of Donegal records Holy Hierarch Nechtlic, as a bishop. The same name also appears in the Martyrology of Tallaght and Gorman's martyrology. Nothing else is known of the life, and no synodal canonization stands behind the veneration.

Commemorated the same day May 23