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Venerable

Ruidhche

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

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Feast
February 8old style February 21
Era
unknown

Life

Venerable Ruidhche is commemorated on 8 February (old style, Julian calendar) in the Martyrology of Donegal, and also in the Martyrology of Tallaght and the Martyrology of Gorman. She is called a virgin, with no place or parentage. The veneration belongs to the undivided Church; nothing else of the life is recorded.

Commemorated the same day February 8