Saint Lactali of Freshford

Also known as

• Lactan
• Lactinus

Memorial

• 19 March

Profile

Educated at Bangor Abbey. Monk. Spiritual student of Saint Comgall of Bangor and Saint Molu of Killaloe. Founded the monastery Achadh-Ur, now known as Freshford, in Kilkenny, Ireland, and served as its first abbot. Miracle worker and healer of the lame and the mentally ill.

Born

• County Cork, Ireland

Died

• 672 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Lactali of Freshford“. Saints.SQPN.com. 18 March 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>