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Tigernach of Clones
Irish saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 4 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
—
unknown
Died
549
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Tigernach mac Coirpri (d. 549) was an early Irish saint, patron saint of Clones (County Monaghan) in the province of Ulster.
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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
- Butler's Lives of the Saints, 4 April; Nominis — Butler: "ST TIGERNACH, Bishop (a.d. 549) — In the neighbourhood of Clones in County Monaghan the memory of St Tigernach or Tierney is held in great honour"; Nominis keeps him too.
- Wikidata Q7801559 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Tigernach of Clones (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.