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Darbiled
Irish anchoress and saint
SaintDate unknown
Feast: 3 August (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
Darbiled (Deirbhile, Dairbhile, Dervla) was an Irish anchoress and founder of Inis Cethig, fl. 575–600.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- The Martyrology of Donegal (Michael O'Clery OFM, 1630) and the Martyrology of Oengus, 3 August — Kept on 3 August ("feil Darbiledh" in Oengus); Donegal has "Darbile, of Achadh Chuilinn, of the race of Fiachra, son of Eochaidh".
- Wikidata Q120999994 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Darbiled (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.