OMNIUM SANCTORUM HIBERNIAE

Author: Michele Ainley

  • Saint Mocholla, Daughter of Diomma, May 25

    May 25 sees the commemoration of a female saint, Mocholla, daughter of Diomma. As with so many Irish saints, we have no other details apart from the recording of her name and feast day date, as Canon O’Hanlon explains:

    St. Mocholla, Daughter of Diomma.

    The Martyrology of Tallagh thus records this name, at the 25th of May, as Mocholla inghen Diomo. However, quoting the same authority, the Bollandists, at this date, enter Mocholla, filia Damae. According to the Martyrology of Donegal, Mocholla, daughter of Diomma, was venerated on this day.

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  • Saint Ultan, Son of Aedhghen, May 24

    On May 24 we remember a Saint Ultan, distinguished only by his patronymic. Canon O’Hanlon can say only this of him:

    St. Ultan, Son of Aedhghen.

    The Martyrology of Donegal, mentions a festival, on this day, in honour of Ultan, son of Aedhghen.

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  • Saint Nechtlic the Bishop, May 23

    On May 23 the Irish calendars record the commemoration of a saintly bishop, but Saint Nechtlic is one of the many Irish saints for whom we have no other details. Canon O’Hanlon shares what the calendars record:

    St. Nechtlaice, or Nechtlic, Bishop.

    The name Nechtliacc, Bishop, is venerated, in the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 23rd of May. The Bollandists, in like manner, commemorated Nechtlagius Episcopus, at the same date; but, we find no means of knowing when he flourished, or where he presided over any See. It is entered, likewise, in the Martyrology of Donegal, that Nechtlic, Bishop, had a festival on this day.

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