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Venerable

Roibne

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

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Feast
February 16old style March 1
Era
unknown

Life

Venerable Roibne is commemorated on 16 February (old style, Julian calendar) in the Martyrology of Donegal, and also in the Martyrology of Tallaght and the Martyrology of Gorman. He is called an abbot, with no place or parentage. The veneration belongs to the undivided Church; nothing else of the life is recorded.

Commemorated the same day February 16