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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Saran of Bennclior

An Irish saint honored at Bennclior, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.

Feast
August 1old style August 14
Era
unknown
Place
Bennclior
Order
Venerables

Life

Saint Saran of Bennclior is an Irish saint of the undivided Church, remembered in the old martyrologies of Ireland as an abbot.

The Martyrology of Donegal, compiled in 1630 from older sources, commemorates him on 1 August. The Martyrology of Tallaght, from the early ninth century, lists a similar name on the same day. The date is that of the old Irish calendar, that is, in the old style.

No further details of his life survive in the sources consulted.

Commemorated the same day August 1