Saint Fiachna (or Fiachan, Fiachina, Fianchne; died 630) was an early Irish monk who was venerated as a saint.
His feast day is 29 April.
Identity
The name
Fiachna
Fiachna or Fiachnae is a name borne by several figures from Irish history and legend, including:
Meaning- War Dodger- Fiach-Nah "Hippie" (Battle Fairy)
* Fiachnae mac Báetáin, king of the Dál nAraidi in the 7th century
*Fiachnae mac Demmáin, ...
(or
Fiachra
Fiachra is an Irish male given name. It may refer to:
Clerics
:
* Saint Fiacre of Breuil (died 670), missionary in France
* Fiachra mac Colmain (500-558) Bishop of Armagh
* Fiachra Ua Focarta (died 1006) abbot of Clonfert
* Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh ...
, Fiacha, Fiachnae, Fiach, Fechín, Feichín) comes from the Old Irish ''fiach'', which means raven.
It was given to several legendary and early historical characters.
Fiachna is mentioned as a disciple of
Mo Chutu of Lismore
Saint Mo Chutu mac Fínaill (died 14 May 639), also known as Mochuda, Carthach or Carthach the Younger (a name Latinized as ''Carthagus'' and Anglicized as Carthage ),William Henry Grattan Flood (1908). " St. Carthage". In ''Catholic Encyclopedi ...
(Carthagh the younger) in
Lismore, County Waterford
Lismore () is a historic town in County Waterford, in the province of Munster, Ireland. Originally associated with Saint Mochuda of Lismore, who founded Lismore Abbey in the 7th century, the town developed around the medieval Lismore Castle. As ...
, in the ''Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore''.
Saint Fiachna or Fechno of Agha-luing may be this saint, or may be another whose feast day in 13 March.
Butler's account
The hagiographer
Alban Butler
Alban Butler (13 October 171015 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer.
Biography
Alban Butler was born in 1710, at Appletree, Aston le Walls, Northamptonshire, the second son of Simon Butler, Esq. His father died when ...
wrote,
Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore
A passage in the ''Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore'' refers to Fiachna:
See also
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Féchín of Fore
Saint Féchín or Féichín (died 665), also known as Mo-Ecca, was a 7th-century Irish saint, chiefly remembered as the founder of the monastery at Fore (''Fobar''), County Westmeath.
Sources for his life and legend include Irish annals, marty ...
Notes
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Medieval saints of Munster
630 deaths