Saint Murtagh of Killala

Also known as

• Muredach

Memorial

• 12 August

Profile

Disciple of Saint Patrick, and may have been a relative. First bishop of Killala, Ireland, consecrated by Patrick c.443. In later years he became a hermit on the island of Innesmurray.

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Killala, Ireland, diocese of

Additional Information

• Battersby’s Registry for the Whole World
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Murtagh of Killala”. Saints.SQPN.com. 16 July 2012. Web. 26 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-murtagh-of-killala/>