Saint Seachnall

Also known as

• Sechnall

Memorial

• 27 November

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Spiritual student of Saint Patrick. Bishop of Dunsauglin, Ireland in 433. Bishop of Armagh, Ireland. Wrote the earliest poem of the Irish Church, an alphabetical hymn in honour of Saint Patrick.

Died

• 457

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 Seachnall”. Saints.SQPN.com. 28 November 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-seachnall/>