Euhel was a 5th-century
Irish saint
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who lived about 460 AD.
Biography
His father was
Dubhthach moccu Lughair Dubthach is a masculine personal name in early Ireland. It may refer to:
* Dubthach Dóeltenga, a character in the Ulster Cycle, ally of Fergus
* Dubthach maccu Lugair, legendary Irish poet and lawyer in the time of St Patrick
* Dubthach the Fir ...
, the
Chief Ollam of Ireland
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. Gabhran's brothers were all saints and founders of churches, mainly in Leinster. They included
Fachtna of Kiltoom
Fachtna of Kiltoom (Gaelic = Cill Toma) in the barony of Fore, County Westmeath was an Irish Christian saint who lived about 460. His father was Dubhthach moccu Lughair, the Chief Ollam of Ireland.
Fachtna's brothers were all saints and founde ...
, Trian,
Saint Gabhran
Saint Gabhran was a 5th-century Irish saint.
Biography
Gabhran was an Irish Christian saint who lived about 460 AD. His father was Dubthach maccu Lughair, the Chief Ollam of Ireland. Gabhran's brothers were all saints and founders of churche ...
, Moninne, Lonan and Molaisi.
Euhel was a student of
Finbarr of Cork
Saint Finbar, Finbarr, Finnbar, or Finnbarr, in Irish Fionnbharra, very often abbreviated to Barra, (c. 550– 25 September 623) was Bishop of Cork and abbot of a monastery in what is now the city of Cork, Ireland. He is patron saint of ...
at Loch-Erce.
The
Martyrology of Donegal
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gives Euhel's feast-day as 14 November as follows- ''“The three sons of Dubhthach, i.e., Fachtna of Cill-Toma, Gabhran and Euhel, the other two.”''
The Martyrology of Gorman (Félire Uí Gormáin), for the same day gives- ''“Dear are the pure-formed, three godly sons of Dubthach”''.
References
Sources
* ''Loca Patriciana. No. V. The Druids, Dubhtach Mac Ui Lugair and His Sons'', Rev John Francis Shearman - The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 1874.
* 'The Martyrology of Donegal' ed. John O'Donovan, 1864.
* 'The Martyrology of Gorman' ed. Whitley Stokes, 1895.
* Pádraig Ó Riain, Corpus genealogiarum sanctorum Hiberniae. Dublin, 1985, Section 670.72
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5th-century Christian saints
Medieval Irish saints
5th-century Irish people