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Fachtna
Founder of the Irish monastery of Rosscarbery
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 14 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
550
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Ross in Ireland, Saint Fachtna, bishop and abbot, who founded a monastery in this place, renowned for the teaching of sacred and human learning.
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 Roman Martyrology remembers him on 14 August as a bishop and abbot who founded a monastery at Ross renowned for sacred and human learning.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 14 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q5428546 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Fachtna of Rosscarbery (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.