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
- Order
- Venerables
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.
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