Saint Machai

Also known as

• Maccai

Memorial

• 11 April

Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Patrick. Founded a monastery on the isle of Bute, Ireland, served as its first abbot, and led evangelical missions that were based from it.

Died

• 5th century of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Machai“. Saints.SQPN.com. 10 April 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <>