Saint
Oncho
An Irish saint, reposed around 600.
- Feast
- February 8old style February 21
- Reposed
- 6006th century
Life
Saint Oncho was a pilgrim, a poet, and a guardian of holy relics and of the Celtic tradition in Ireland around the year 600. While searching for the memorials of the saints, he reposed at the monastery of Clonmore in Ireland, where his body was enshrined together with the relics he had gathered. He is venerated as a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 8 February (new calendar).
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