Laisrén mac Nad Froích
Irish saint
Feast: 12 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Laisrén mac Nad Froích (died 564), or Laisrén of Devenish and Lasserian, known as Mo Laisse, was the patron saint of Devenish Island in Lough Erne, near Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland, in the present diocese of Clogher. Laisrén is the subject of both a Latin and an Irish Life, which offer loose narratives in which a number of miscellaneous anecdotes and miracles have been grouped together.
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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.
- The Martyrology of Donegal: a Calendar of the Saints of Ireland, 12 September — 12 September: 'Molaissi, son of Nadfraech, Abbot of Daimhinis' — exactly the entry (Laisrén mac Nad Froích, Mo Laisse of Devenish, d. 564, feast 12 September), in the present diocese of Clogher. He is counted among the T
- Wikidata Q5240289 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Laisrén mac Nad Froích (CC BY-SA)
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