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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Sincheall the Younger of Gleann Achaidh

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

Feast
June 25old style July 8
Era
unknown
Place
Gleann-⁠achaidh
Order
Venerables

Life

Saint Sincheall the Younger of Gleann Achaidh 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 25 June. 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 June 25