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Braghan
Irish saint
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 17 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Bracan, of Ros-tuirc, in Magh Raighne, in Osraighe; or of Cluain-iomorchuir.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Martyrology of Donegal remembers him on 17 September.
Sources
- The Martyrology of Donegal (tr. J. O'Donovan, ed. J. H. Todd and W. Reeves, 1864), 17 September
- Wikidata Q129178731 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.