Saint Odrian of Waterford

Also known as

• Otteran of Waterford
• Odhran of Waterford

Memorial

• 8 May
• formerly 27 October

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Abbot at Meath, Ireland. Early bishop of Waterford, Ireland. Friend of Saint Columba and travelled with him to Scotland to become a monk at Iona Abbey.

Died

• c.563 at Iona Abbey, Scotland

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Waterford, Ireland, diocese of
• Waterford and Lisman, Ireland, diocese of
• Waterford, Ireland, city of

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Odrian of Waterford“. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 May 2013. Web. 20 May 2013. <>