OMNIUM SANCTORUM HIBERNIAE

Year: 2017

  • Saint Seighein, August 24

    Another saint known only from the recording of his name on the Irish calendars is Saint Seighein, whose feast is recorded on August 24, as Canon O’Hanlon explains:

    St. Segin or Seighein.

    Scant justice has been meted to many of our holy men, in human records; although their careers were not unnoted by traits of a sublime and noble character, during their life-time. The Martyrologies of Tallaght and of Donegal register Segin or Seighein, as having been venerated at the 24th of August; but, without giving further information regarding him.

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  • Saint Sedrach, August 22

    Another obscure name is found on the Irish calendars at August 22 – Saint Sedrach. Canon O’Hanlon records that the Martyrology of Tallaght describes him as a bishop, but otherwise has no other information to offer:

    St. Sedrach, Bishop.

    The published Martyrologies of Tallagh and of Donegal register Sedrach, at the 22nd of August. The former Calendar designates him as a bishop, and this is found, likewise, in that copy of the Tallagh Martyrology, contained in the Book of Leinster, at this same date. The see over which he presided is not known, nor the date for his episcopacy.
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  • Saint Uncan, August 21

    On August 21 Canon O’Hanlon brings yet another obscure saint to our attention – Saint Uncan:

    St. Uncan or Unchan Tughneda.

    No doubt, from his early days, the ambition of this saint received a right direction. Yet those and his subsequent years are buried in obscurity. According to the published Martyrology of Tallagh, veneration was given to Unchan Tughneda, at the 21st of August. It seems a difficult matter to identify his place, at present, or to find the time when he flourished. The simple entry, Uncan, appears in the Martyrology of Donegal, at this same date. In life, he must have been respected, and his time must have been greatly spent in prayer for himself and others.

     

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