Saint
Ultan son of Etechdach
A saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
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- Feast
- January 17old style January 30
- Era
- unknown
Life
Saint Ultan son of Etechdach is commemorated on 17 January (old style, Julian calendar) in the Martyrology of Donegal, and also in the Martyrology of Gorman. He is called a son of Etechdach of Cuilcorra. The name survives only in the martyrologies, without synodal canonization; nothing else is known.
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