Saint Gabhran was a 5th-century Irish saint.
Biography
Gabhran was an Irish Christian saint who lived about 460 AD. His father was
Dubhthach moccu Lughair
Dubthach maccu Lugair (fl. fifth century), is a legendary Irish poet and lawyer who supposedly lived at the time of St Patrick's mission in Ireland and in the reign of Lóegaire mac Néill, high-king of Ireland, to which Dubthach served as Chief ...
, 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 founder ...
, Trian,
Saint Euhel, Moninne, Lonan and
Saint Molaisse Mac Lugair.
The
Martyrology of Donegal
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gives Gabhran'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
* ''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
5th-century Christian saints
5th-century Irish people
Medieval Irish saints
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