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Broccán Clóen
Irish cleric
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
Broccán is remembered as the author of an early Irish hymn on St Brigid. Several holy men bore the name, and it is uncertain which details belong to whom.
He is probably the Abbot Brochanus of Ros Tuirc named in the life of St Abban. He lived in the sixth or seventh century.
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
A monk who sang the praises of St Brigid.
Connected on this site
- Brigid of Kildare Saint“518) speaks as if he were inclined to identify both these persons with the author of an early Irish hymn upon Brigid of Kildare.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - St. Brogan
- Wikidata Q4972647 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Broccán Clóen (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.