Saint
Tighernach of Doire Melle
An Irish saint honored at Doire Melle, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
- Feast
- November 4old style November 17
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Doire-Melle
Life
Saint Tighernach of Doire Melle is an Irish saint of the undivided Church, remembered in the old martyrologies of Ireland.
The Donegal text says his mother was named Mella and that she was also the mother of the priest Cainnech.
The Martyrology of Donegal, compiled in 1630 from older sources, commemorates him on 4 November. 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.
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