Holy Hierarchs
The Seven Bishops of Aelmhagh
The Seven Bishops of Aelmhagh, commemorated together in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
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Life
The Martyrology of Donegal names The Seven Bishops of Aelmhagh under 23 August (old style). The text places them at Domhnach Mor. Among the calendars consulted, only the Martyrology of Donegal records the name. No further details survive; the veneration is local, without synodal canonization.
Commemorated the same day August 23
Irenaeus of LyonsHieromartyr · Bishop of LyonsAug 23
Callinicus I of ConstantinopleSaint · Patriarch of ConstantinopleAug 23- Zacchaeus of JerusalemSaint · Bishop of JerusalemAug 23
Lupus of NovaeMartyr · Servant of Saint DemetriusAug 23
Tydfil of MerthyrMartyr · Welsh martyrAug 23.jpg)
Asterius, Claudius and NeonHoly MartyrsAug 23
John VostorgovHieromartyr · Archpriest, preacher and missionaryAug 23- Cyriacus of OstiaHieromartyr · Bishop of OstiaAug 23
Ephraim KuznetsovHieromartyr · Bishop of SelengaAug 23- Anthony of GeraceSaintAug 23
Nicholas VarzhanskyMartyrAug 23- Antonios of SardisSaint · Bishop of SardisAug 23