Saint Dunchaid O’Braoin

Memorial

• 16 January

Profile

Hermit. Abbot on Clanmocnoise, near Westmeath, Ireland c.969. In his last years he retired from abbacy to resume the life of a hermit at Armagh, Ireland.

Born

• in Westmeath, Ireland

Died

• 988 in Armagh, Ireland of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Dunchaid O’Braoin”. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 January 2011. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-dunchaid-obraoin/>